nsb - 2Kings:13:1-9

nsb@2Kings:13:1 @ Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, became king over Israel in Samaria. He ruled for seventeen years. It was the twenty-third year of Joash, son of Ahaziah, king of Judah.

nsb@2Kings:13:2 @ He did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, copying the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, which he did and made Israel do. He did not keep himself from them.

nsb@2Kings:13:3 @ The wrath of Jehovah burned against Israel! He gave them up into the power of Hazael, king of Aram, and into the power of Benhadad, the son of Hazael, again and again.

nsb@2Kings:13:4 @ Then Jehoahaz prayed to Jehovah. Jehovah listened to him. He saw how cruelly the king of Aram crushed Israel.

nsb@2Kings:13:5 @ Jehovah gave Israel a savior, so that they became free from the hands of the Aramaeans. The children of Israel were living in their tents as in the past.

nsb@2Kings:13:6 @ Still they did not give up the sin of Jeroboam. This he made Israel do and they continued. There was an image of Asherah in Samaria.

nsb@2Kings:13:7 @ Out of all his army, Jehoahaz had only fifty horsemen and ten carriages and ten thousand footmen. The king of Aram had given them up to destruction, crushing them like dust.

nsb@2Kings:13:8 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all he did, and his great power are recorded in the Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.

nsb@2Kings:13:9 @ Jehoahaz went to rest with his fathers. He was buried at Samaria. Joash his son became king.