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(Yahweh gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before.
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God's Human Instrument
Commentators identify the "saviour" not as an angel, but as a future king of Israel. While some point to Joash (the son of Jehoahaz) and others to Jeroboam II (the grandson), the consensus is that God worked through a human leader to bring about deliverance, which occurred after Jehoahaz's reign.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Lord gave Israel a saviour — This did not happen immediately upon the repentance of Jehoahaz but after his death (see [Reference 2 Kings…
19th Century
Anglican
A saviour. —Jeroboam II, the grandson of Jehoahaz, a vigorous and successful sovereign, of whom it is said that Jehovah saved<…
Baptist
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 distress, sought the Lord; he sought help, but not…
