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2 Kings 13
Kings of Israel: Jehoahaz and Jehoash
2 Kings 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 Kings 13:2
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.
2 Kings 13:3
¶
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 Ben-hadad
the son
of Hazael
, all
their
days
.
2 Kings 13:4
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.
2 Kings 13:5
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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
.
2 Kings 13:6
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
.)
2 Kings 13:7
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
.
2 Kings 13:8
¶
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
?
2 Kings 13:9
And Jehoahaz
slept
with his fathers
;
and they buried
him in Samaria
:
and Joash
his son
reigned
in his stead.
2 Kings 13:10
¶
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
.
2 Kings 13:11
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.
2 Kings 13:12
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
?
2 Kings 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
.
Death of Elisha
2 Kings 13:14
¶
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.
2 Kings 13:15
And Elisha
said
unto him, Take
bow
and arrows
.
And he took
unto him bow
and arrows
.
2 Kings 13:16
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
.
2 Kings 13:17
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
.
2 Kings 13:18
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
.
2 Kings 13:19
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
.
2 Kings 13:20
¶
And Elisha
died
,
and they buried
him. And the bands
of the Moabites
invaded
the land
at the coming in
of the year
.
2 Kings 13:21
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
.
2 Kings 13:22
¶
But Hazael
king
of Syria
oppressed
Israel
all the days
of Jehoahaz
.
2 Kings 13:23
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
.
2 Kings 13:24
So Hazael
king
of Syria
died
;
and Ben-hadad
his son
reigned
in his stead.
2 Kings 13:25
And Jehoash
the son
of Jehoahaz
took
again
out of the hand
of Ben-hadad
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
.