| 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. |
| 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. |
