U.
The reign of Jehoahaz over Israel
2 Kings 13:1-9
2 Kings 13
:1
13:1
In the twenty-third year of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, the king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria;
he reigned seventeen years.
2 Kings 13
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13:2
And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah and followed after the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat
1by which he caused Israel to
asin; he did not turn away from them.
2 Kings 13
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13:3
And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel; and He gave them continually into the hand of
aHazael the king of Syria and into the hand of
bBen-hadad the son of Hazael.
2 Kings 13
:4
13:4
(And Jehoahaz entreated Jehovah; and Jehovah listened to him, for He
asaw the oppression of Israel, for the king of Syria oppressed them.
2 Kings 13
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13:5
And Jehovah gave Israel a deliverer, and they went out from under the hand of Syria; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as they had before.
2 Kings 13
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13:6
However they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, by which he caused Israel to sin, but walked in them. And also the
1Asherah remained standing in Samaria.)
2 Kings 13
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13:7
For he left to Jehoahaz
of the people not
more than fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand foot soldiers, for the king of Syria destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
2 Kings 13
:8
13:8
And 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?
V.
The reign of Jehoash (Joash) over Israel
2 Kings 13:9-25
2 Kings 13
:9
13:9
And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Joash his son reigned in his place.
2 Kings 13
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13:10
In the thirty-seventh year of
1Joash the king of Judah,
2Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria;
he reigned sixteen years.
2 Kings 13
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13:11
And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah; he did not turn away from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, by which he caused Israel to sin; he walked in them.
2 Kings 13
:12
13:12
aAnd the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did and his might with which he fought with
bAmaziah the king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings 13
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13:13
And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
2 Kings 13
:14
13:14
Now when Elisha was
1ill with his illness by which he
eventually died, Joash the king of Israel went down to him and wept over him and said, My father! My father! The
achariots of Israel and its horsemen!
2 Kings 13
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13:15
And Elisha said to him, Take a bow and arrows; and he took a bow and arrows to him.
2 Kings 13
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13:16
And he said to the king of Israel, Grasp the bow; and he grasped
it. And Elisha put his hands over the hands of the king,
2 Kings 13
:17
13:17
And he said, Open the window toward the east; and he opened
it. And Elisha said, Shoot; and he shot. And he said, Jehovah’s arrow of
1victory, an arrow of victory against Syria; for you will strike Syria in Aphek until you have consumed
it.
2 Kings 13
:18
13:18
And he said, Take the arrows; and he took
them. And he said to the king of Israel, Strike the ground; and he struck
the ground three times then stopped.
2 Kings 13
:19
13:19
And the man of God became angry with him and said, You should have struck
it five or six times; then you would have struck Syria until you had consumed
them. But now you shall strike Syria
only athree times.
2 Kings 13
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13:20
And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites would invade the land at the coming in of the
new year.
2 Kings 13
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13:21
And it so happened that as
the people were burying a man, they saw a band; and they cast the man into the grave of Elisha. And as soon as the man
1touched the bones of Elisha, he
acame to life and stood up on his feet.
2 Kings 13
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13:22
And Hazael the king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
2 Kings 13
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13:23
But Jehovah was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned to them because of His
acovenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and He would not destroy them; and He has not cast them from His presence until now.
2 Kings 13
:24
13:24
And Hazael the king of Syria died, and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his place.
2 Kings 13
:25
13:25
And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz retook the cities out of the hand of
aBen-hadad the son of Hazael that he had taken in war out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father; Joash struck him
bthree times and
crecovered the cities of Israel.
