The Lord gave Israel a saviour — This did not happen immediately upon the repentance of Jehoahaz but after his death (see [Reference 2 Kings…

A saviour. —Jeroboam II, the grandson of Jehoahaz, a vigorous and successful sovereign, of whom it is said that Jehovah saved<…

The Lord gave them deliverance from the cruel fetters of the Syrians. They had been so tormented, so plundered, so oppressed in every way, that God…

And the Lord gave Israel a saviour
Not an angel sent by him, nor a captain raised up among them, nor the prophet Eli…

It was the ancient honor of Israel that they were a praying people. Jehoahaz, their king, in his distre , sought the Lord; he sought help, but not …