13:1 In
the
twenty-third
year
of
Joash
the
son
of
Ahaziah,
king
of
Judah,
Jehoahaz
the
son
of
Jehu
began
to
reign
over
Israel
in
Samaria,
and
he
reigned
seventeen
years.
13:2 He
did
what
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD
and
followed
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin;
he
did
not
depart
from
them.
13:3 And
the
anger
of
the
LORD
was
kindled
against
Israel,
and
he
gave
them
continually
into
the
hand
of
Hazael
king
of
Syria
and
into
the
hand
of
Ben-hadad
the
son
of
Hazael.
13:4 Then
Jehoahaz
sought
the
favor
of
the
LORD,
and
the
LORD
listened
to
him,
for
he
saw
the
oppression
of
Israel,
how
the
king
of
Syria
oppressed
them.
13:5 (Therefore
the
LORD
gave
Israel
a
savior,
so
that
they
escaped
from
the
hand
of
the
Syrians,
and
the
people
of
Israel
lived
in
their
homes
as
formerly.
13:6 Nevertheless,
they
did
not
depart
from
the
sins
of
the
house
of
Jeroboam,
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin,
but
walked
in
them;
and
the
Asherah
also
remained
in
Samaria.)
13:7 For
there
was
not
left
to
Jehoahaz
an
army
of
more
than
fifty
horsemen
and
ten
chariots
and
ten
thousand
footmen,
for
the
king
of
Syria
had
destroyed
them
and
made
them
like
the
dust
at
threshing.
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
13:9 So
Jehoahaz
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
Samaria,
and
Joash
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
13:10 In
the
thirty-seventh
year
of
Joash
king
of
Judah,
Jehoash
the
son
of
Jehoahaz
began
to
reign
over
Israel
in
Samaria,
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years.
13:11 He
also
did
what
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD.
He
did
not
depart
from
all
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin,
but
he
walked
in
them.
13:12 Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Joash
and
all
that
he
did,
and
the
might
with
which
he
fought
against
Amaziah
king
of
Judah,
are
they
not
written
in
the
Book
of
the
Chronicles
of
the
Kings
of
Israel
13:13 So
Joash
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
Jeroboam
sat
on
his
throne.
And
Joash
was
buried
in
Samaria
with
the
kings
of
Israel.
13:14 Now
when
Elisha
had
fallen
sick
with
the
illness
of
which
he
was
to
die,
Joash
king
of
Israel
went
down
to
him
and
wept
before
him,
crying,
"My
father,
my
father!
The
chariots
of
Israel
and
its
horsemen!"
13:15 And
Elisha
said
to
him,
"Take
a
bow
and
arrows."
So
he
took
a
bow
and
arrows.
13:16 Then
he
said
to
the
king
of
Israel,
"Draw
the
bow,"
and
he
drew
it.
And
Elisha
laid
his
hands
on
the
king's
hands.
13:17 And
he
said,
"Open
the
window
eastward,"
and
he
opened
it.
Then
Elisha
said,
"Shoot,"
and
he
shot.
And
he
said,
"The
LORD's
arrow
of
victory,
the
arrow
of
victory
over
Syria!
For
you
shall
fight
the
Syrians
in
Aphek
until
you
have
made
an
end
of
them."
13:18 And
he
said,
"Take
the
arrows,"
and
he
took
them.
And
he
said
to
the
king
of
Israel,
"Strike
the
ground
with
them."
And
he
struck
three
times
and
stopped.
13:19 Then
the
man
of
God
was
angry
with
him
and
said,
"You
should
have
struck
five
or
six
times;
then
you
would
have
struck
down
Syria
until
you
had
made
an
end
of
it,
but
now
you
will
strike
down
Syria
only
three
times."
13:20 So
Elisha
died,
and
they
buried
him.
Now
bands
of
Moabites
used
to
invade
the
land
in
the
spring
of
the
year.
13:21 And
as
a
man
was
being
buried,
behold,
a
marauding
band
was
seen
and
the
man
was
thrown
into
the
grave
of
Elisha,
and
as
soon
as
the
man
touched
the
bones
of
Elisha,
he
revived
and
stood
on
his
feet.
13:22 Now
Hazael
king
of
Syria
oppressed
Israel
all
the
days
of
Jehoahaz.
13:23 But
the
LORD
was
gracious
to
them
and
had
compassion
on
them,
and
he
turned
toward
them,
because
of
his
covenant
with
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob,
and
would
not
destroy
them,
nor
has
he
cast
them
from
his
presence
until
now.
13:24 When
Hazael
king
of
Syria
died,
Ben-hadad
his
son
became
king
in
his
place.
13:25 Then
Jehoash
the
son
of
Jehoahaz
took
again
from
Ben-hadad
the
son
of
Hazael
the
cities
that
he
had
taken
from
Jehoahaz
his
father
in
war.
Three
times
Joash
defeated
him
and
recovered
the
cities
of
Israel.