2Kings:13:1-9
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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 therefrom .
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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 beforetime .
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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 stead .