1 Tn the twenty third year of Jehoash son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu was made king over Israel in Samaria, and continued seventeen years.
2 And he wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD: for he followed the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nebat which made Israel sin, and departed not therefrom.
3 Wherefore, the LORD was angry with Israel, and delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael all their days.
4 But Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD heard him. For he had seen the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them.
5 And therefore the LORD gave Israel a deliverer and they went out from under the hands of the Syrians. And the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before time.
6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sin of the house of Jeroboam which made Israel sin, but walked therein. And there remained a grove also in Samaria still:
7 But there were left of the people, to Jehoahaz, but fifty horsemen and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen - for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like threshed chaff.
8 The rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all he did and his power are written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
9 And Jehoahaz rested with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria, and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
10 In the thirty seventh year of Jehoash king of Judah, began Joash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and continued sixteen years:
11 and did unhappily in the sight of the LORD and departed in nothing from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat that made Israel sin, but walked therein.
12 The remnant of the acts of Joash and all he did, and his power, how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are written in the Chronicle Book of the Kings of Israel.
13 And when Joash was laid to rest with his fathers, Jeroboam sat upon his seat. And Joash was buried in Samaria among the kings of Israel.
14 When Elisha was fallen sick of the sickness whereof he died, Joash king of Israel came to him and wept to him, and said, "O father, father! The chariot of Israel and the horsemen of the same!"
15 And Elisha said unto him, "Bring bow and arrows." And he brought to him bow and arrows.
16 And he said to the king of Israel, "Put thine hand upon the bow, and when he had put his hand upon the bow, Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands."
17 Then he said, "Open a window eastward," and he opened. And Elisha said, "shoot," and he shot. And he said, "The arrow of salvation of the LORD; and the arrow of salvation against the Syrians: For thou shalt beat the Syrians in Aphek till thou have consumed them."
18 Then he said, "Take arrows," and he took. Then he said to the king of Israel, "Smite the ground," and he smote thrice and ceased.
19 And the man of God was angry with him and said, "Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times, and then thou hadst smitten the Syrians till thou hadst consumed them: where now thou shalt beat them but thrice."
20 When Elisha was dead and buried the soldiers of the Moabites came into the land, the year following.
21 And it chanced, as they were burying a man, that they spied the Soldiers, and therefore cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha. And as soon as the man came and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood up on his feet.
22 And Hazael oppressed Israel, all the days of Jehoahaz.
23 But the LORD had mercy on them and pitied them and turned to them because of his covenant made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and would not destroy them, either cast them from him as yet.
24 And when Hazael king of Syria was dead, Benhadad his son reigned in his stead.
25 And then Joash the son of Jehoahaz went again - and took out of the hand of Benhadad, son of Hazael, the cities which he had taken away out of the hands of Jehoahaz his father, with war. And three times did Joash beat him and brought the cities of Israel again.