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Chapter 13 |
| 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. |
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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.
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| 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.) |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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. |
