2 Kings 12:17,18

Then Hazael went up That is, in this king's days, when, Jehoiada being dead, Jehoash revolted from God; of which see 2 Chronicles 24:17. And fought against Gath Once a city of the Philistines, but taken by David, (1 Chronicles 18:1,) and now a part of the kingdom of Judah. And Hazael set his face to go to Jerusalem Directed his march toward that city: or, undertook to march thither in good earnest. Jehoash took all the hallowed things, &c. The preservation of his kingdom, he thought, warranted his doing this; but he brought these dangers upon himself by his apostacy from God.