1 In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" and|strong="H1121" twentieth|strong="H6242" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H3059", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehu|strong="H3058" began|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H8141" Samaria|strong="H8111", and reigned seventeen|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141".
2 And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6213" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" followed|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6213" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", wherewith he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403"; he|strong="H6213" departed|strong="H3212" not|strong="H3808" therefrom.
3 And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" anger of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" kindled|strong="H2734" against|strong="H2734" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Hazael|strong="H2371" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria, and|strong="H1121" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Ben-hadad|strong="H1130" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hazael|strong="H2371", continually|strong="H3605".
4 And|strong="H3478" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" besought|strong="H2470" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" hearkened|strong="H8085" unto|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440": for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" oppression|strong="H3906" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", how|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria oppressed|strong="H3905" them|strong="H6440".
5 (And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" LORD|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" Israel|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3068" saviour|strong="H3467", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Syrians: and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3068" tents, as|strong="H3068" beforetime|strong="H8543".
6 Nevertheless|strong="H1571" they|strong="H3808" departed|strong="H1980" not|strong="H3808" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5493" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", wherewith he|strong="H1004" made|strong="H5975" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1980" sin|strong="H2403", but|strong="H3808" walked|strong="H1980" therein: and|strong="H1980" there|strong="H5975" remained|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5493" Asherah also|strong="H1571" in|strong="H1980" Samaria|strong="H8111".)
7 For|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" left|strong="H7604" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4428" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" save fifty|strong="H2572" horsemen|strong="H6571", and|strong="H4428" ten|strong="H6235" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H4428" ten|strong="H6235" thousand footmen|strong="H7273"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria destroyed them|strong="H7760", and|strong="H4428" made|strong="H7760" them|strong="H7760" like|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" dust|strong="H6083" in|strong="H4428" threshing|strong="H1758".
8 Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" might|strong="H1369", are|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" not|strong="H3808" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"?
9 And|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8478" fathers; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8478" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" Samaria|strong="H8111": and|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H8478" stead|strong="H8478".
10 In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5921" thirty|strong="H7970" and|strong="H1121" seventh|strong="H7651" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" began|strong="H3063" Jehoash|strong="H3060" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" to|strong="H3478" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H8141" Samaria|strong="H8111", and reigned sixteen|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141".
11 And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068"; he|strong="H6213" departed|strong="H1980" not|strong="H3808" from|strong="H5493" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", wherewith he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1980" sin|strong="H2403": but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H6213" walked|strong="H1980" therein.
12 Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Joash|strong="H3101", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H3605" might|strong="H1369" wherewith|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3117" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" Amaziah king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", are|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" not|strong="H3808" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"?
13 And|strong="H3478" Joash|strong="H3101" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H5921" fathers; and|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" sat|strong="H3427" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678": and|strong="H3478" Joash|strong="H3101" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H3427" Samaria|strong="H8111" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478".
14 Now|strong="H3478" Elisha was|strong="H3478" fallen|strong="H3381" sick|strong="H2470" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H6440" sickness|strong="H2483" whereof he|strong="H5921" died|strong="H4191": and|strong="H3478" Joash|strong="H3101" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" unto|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3478" wept|strong="H1058" over|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3478" said, My|strong="H5921" father, my|strong="H5921" father, the|strong="H6440" chariots|strong="H7393" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" horsemen|strong="H6571" thereof|strong="H6440"!
15 And|strong="H7198" Elisha said unto|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947", Take|strong="H3947" bow|strong="H7198" and|strong="H7198" arrows|strong="H2671": and|strong="H7198" he|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" unto|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" bow|strong="H7198" and|strong="H7198" arrows|strong="H2671".
16 And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3027" said to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", Put|strong="H7760" thine|strong="H7760" hand|strong="H3027" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bow|strong="H7198": and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3027" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" hand|strong="H3027" upon it. And|strong="H3478" Elisha laid|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" hands|strong="H3027" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428"’s hands|strong="H3027".
17 And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" said, Open|strong="H6605" the|strong="H5221" window|strong="H2474" eastward|strong="H6924": and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" opened|strong="H6605" it|strong="H5221". Then|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H5704" said, Shoot|strong="H3384": and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" shot|strong="H3384". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" said, The|strong="H5221" LORD|strong="H3068"’S arrow|strong="H2671" of|strong="H3068" victory|strong="H8668", even|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" arrow|strong="H2671" of|strong="H3068" victory|strong="H8668" over|strong="H3068" Syria: for|strong="H5704" thou|strong="H5704" shalt smite|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" Syrians in|strong="H3068" Aphek, till|strong="H5704" thou|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3068" consumed|strong="H3615" them|strong="H5221".
18 And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5221" said, Take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" arrows|strong="H2678": and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5221" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5221". And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5221" said unto|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", Smite|strong="H5221" upon|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3947" ground: and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5221" smote|strong="H5221" thrice|strong="H6471", and|strong="H3478" stayed|strong="H5975".
19 And|strong="H2568" the|strong="H5921" man of|strong="H5921" God was|strong="H5221" wroth|strong="H7107" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H2568" said, Thou|strong="H5704" shouldest have|strong="H6258" smitten|strong="H5221" five|strong="H2568" or|strong="H5704" six|strong="H8337" times|strong="H6471"; then|strong="H6258" hadst thou|strong="H5704" smitten|strong="H5221" Syria till|strong="H5704" thou|strong="H5704" hadst consumed|strong="H3615" it|strong="H5921": whereas|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" thou|strong="H5704" shalt smite|strong="H5221" Syria but|strong="H5221" thrice|strong="H6471".
20 And|strong="H8141" Elisha died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H8141" they|strong="H8141" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H4191". Now the|strong="H4191" hands of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H4191" Moabites|strong="H4124" invaded the|strong="H4191" land at|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" coming in|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H4191" year|strong="H8141".
21 And|strong="H6965" it|strong="H5921" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" pass|strong="H1961", as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" burying|strong="H6912" a|strong="H3068" man|strong="H7200", that|strong="H7200", behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H1992" spied|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3068" band|strong="H1416"; and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H1992" cast|strong="H7993" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H7200" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" sepulchre|strong="H6913" of|strong="H5921" Elisha|strong="H2421": and|strong="H6965" as|strong="H1961" soon as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H7200" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H5921" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H5921" Elisha|strong="H2421", he|strong="H5921" revived|strong="H2421", and|strong="H6965" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272".
22 And|strong="H3478" Hazael|strong="H2371" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria oppressed|strong="H3905" Israel|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059".
23 But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" gracious|strong="H2603" unto|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" compassion|strong="H7355" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" respect|strong="H6437" unto|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921", because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" Abraham, Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290", and|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" them|strong="H5921", neither|strong="H3808" cast|strong="H7993" he|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440" as|strong="H5704" yet|strong="H5704".
24 And|strong="H1121" Hazael|strong="H2371" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria died|strong="H4191"; and|strong="H1121" Ben-hadad|strong="H1130" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H8478" stead|strong="H8478".
25 And|strong="H1121" Jehoash|strong="H3060" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" took|strong="H3947" again|strong="H7725" out|strong="H3947" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Ben-hadad|strong="H1130" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hazael|strong="H2371" the|strong="H3947" cities|strong="H5892" which|strong="H5892" he|strong="H3027" had|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3947" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" his|strong="H3947" father|strong="H1121" by|strong="H3027" war|strong="H4421". Three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" did|strong="H3478" Joash|strong="H3101" smite|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221"; and|strong="H1121" recovered|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3947" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478".