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In the
three and twentieth year of Joash the son of
Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu
began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and
reigned seventeen years.
02 And he did that which was evil in the sight of
the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he
departed not therefrom.
03 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against
Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of
Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of
Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.
04 And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord
hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of
Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
05 (And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that
they went out from under the hand of the Syrians:
and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents,
as beforetime.
06 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins
of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin,
but walked therein: and there remained the grove
also in Samaria.)
07 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz
but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten
thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had
destroyed them, and had made them like the dust
by threshing.
08 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all
that he did, and his might, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
09 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they
buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned
in his stead.
10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king
of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to
reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen
years.
11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of
the Lord; he departed not from all the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin:
but he walked therein.
12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all
that he did, and his might wherewith he fought
against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam
sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in
Samaria with the kings of Israel.
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14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness
whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel
came down unto him, and wept over his face, and
said, O my father, my father, the chariot of
Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows.
And he took unto him bow and arrows.
16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine
hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it:
and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.
17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he
opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot.
And he said, The arrow of the Lord's deliverance,
and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou
shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have
consumed them.
18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took
them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite
upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and
said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six
times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou
hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite
Syria but thrice.
20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the
bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the
coming in of the year.
21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a
man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and
they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha:
and when the man was let down, and touched the
bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his
feet.
22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all
the days of Jehoahaz.
23 And the Lord was gracious unto them, and had
compassion on them, and had respect unto them,
because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast
he them from his presence as yet.
24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his
son reigned in his stead.
25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out
of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the
cities, which he had taken out of the hand of
Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash
beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
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