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In the thirty and seventh year of Joash the king of Judah became Jehoash the son of Jehoachaz king over Israel in Samaria ,
sixteen years .
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And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord ;
he departed not from all the sins of Jerobo
am the son of Nebat ,
who induced Israel to sin :
therein he walked .
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And the rest of the acts of Joash ,
and all that he did ,
and his mighty deeds wherewith he fought against Amazyah the king of Judah ,
behold ,
they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel .
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And Joash slept with his fathers ;
and Jerobo
am 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 had to die .
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 their horsemen .
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And Elisha
said unto him ,
Fetch a bow and arrows .
And he fetched unto him a bow and arrows .
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And he said to the king of Israel ,
Place thy hand upon the bow .
And he placed his hand :
and Elisha
laid his hands upon the king
s hands .
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And he said ,
Open the window eastward .
And he opened it .
Then said Elisha ,
Shoot .
And he shot .
And he said ,
The arrow of victory from the Lord ,
and the arrow of victory over Syria ;
and thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek ,
till they be consumed .
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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 struck three times ,
and stopped .
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And the man of God was angry with him ,
and said ,
Thou shouldst have struck five or six times ;
then wouldst thou have smitten the Syrians till they had been consumed :
whereas now thou shalt smite the Syrians three times .
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And Elisha
died ,
and they buried him .
And the predatory bands of Moabites frequently 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 saw the band ;
and they cast down the man into the sepulchre of Elisha :
and as the man came ,
and touched the bones of Elisha ,
he revived ,
and rose up on his feet .
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But Chazael the king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoachaz .
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And the Lord became gracious unto them ,
and had mercy on them ,
and turned his regard unto them ,
because of his covenant with Abraham ,
Isaac ,
and Jacob ,
and would not destroy them ,
and he cast them not off from his presence even until now .
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And Chazael the king of Syria died :
and Ben
hadad his son became king in his stead .
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And Jehoash the son of Jehoachaz took again the cities out of the power of Ben
hadad the son of Chazael ,
which he had taken out of the power of Jehoachaz his father in the war .
Three times did Joash beat him ,
and he recovered the cities of Israel .