2 Kings 13
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24 25
1 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.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 (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.
6 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.)
7 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.
8 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?
9 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.
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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