2 Kings 13:23

And the Lord was gracious to them ,.... To Israel, notwithstanding their apostasy from him, and the idolatry of the calves they were guilty of:

and had compassion on them ; being in oppression and distress:

and had respect unto them ; looked upon them with an eye of pity and mercy:

because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob ; made so long ago he still remembered:

and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet ; or suffered them to be carried captive into another land, as he afterwards did in the times of Hoshea.