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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 .
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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 from it .
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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 Benhadad the son of Hazael ,
all their days .
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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 .
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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 in time past .
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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 .)
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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 .
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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 ?
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And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers ;
and they buried him in Samaria :
and Joash his son reigned in his position .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ?
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And Joash slept with his fathers ;
and Jeroboam sat upon his throne :
and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel .
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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 .
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And Elisha said unto him ,
Take bow and arrows .
And he took unto him bow and arrows .
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And he said to the king of Israel ,
Put yours hand upon the bow .
And he put his hand upon it :
and Elisha put his hands upon the king '
s hands .
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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 you shall strike the Syrians in Aphek ,
till you have consumed them .
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And he said ,
Take the arrows .
And he took them .
And he said unto the king of Israel ,
Strike upon the ground .
And he stroke three times ,
and stayed .
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And the man of God was angry with him ,
and said ,
You should have smitten five or six times ;
then had you smitten Syria till you had consumed it :
whereas now you shall strike Syria but three times .
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And Elisha died ,
and they buried him .
And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year .
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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 tomb of Elisha :
and when the man was let down ,
and touched the bones of Elisha ,
he revived ,
and stood up on his feet .
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But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz .
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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 .
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So Hazael king of Syria died ;
and Benhadad his son reigned in his position .
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And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad 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 .