John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 12:18

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, etc.] To sacred uses, and had laid up in the temple: and his own hallowed things: which he had devoted to the same uses: and all the gold [that was] found in the treasures of the house of the Lord: which were gifts and presents from divers persons for sacred services: and sent it to Hazael king of Syria, and he went away from Jerusalem; to bribe him, that he might desist from his purpose; which showed a meanness of spirit, and was the effect of his idolatry and apostasy, having forsaken the Lord, and being forsaken by him; in whom should have been his trust and confidence, and then he need not have been afraid to meet the king of Syria.

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