And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead ; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
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Barnes' Notes
This war of the two kings against Hazael seems to have had for its object the recovery of Ramoth-gilead, which Ahab and Jehoshaphat had vainly attempted fourteen years earlier 1 Kings 22:3-36. Joram…
Adam Clarke
The Syrians wounded Joram - Ahaziah went with Joram to endeavor to wrest Ramoth-gilead out of the hands of the Syrians, which belonged to Israel and Judah. Ahab had endeavored to do this before, and…
As among common persons there are some that we call little men, who make no figure, are little regarded, as less valued, so among kings there are some whom, in comparison with others, we may call…
Cambridge Bible
to the war against Hazael Hazael was already beginning to fulfil the forecast of Elisha. Ramoth-gilead belonged to Israel (1Ki 22:3) but now, as in Ahab's reign, it was being seized by the Syrians.…
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