<vn='1'>In the <sn="7969">three</s> and <sn="6242">twentieth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="3101">Joash</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="274">Ahaziah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3058">Jehu</s> began to <sn="4427">reign</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> in <sn="8111">Samaria</s>, and reigned <sn="7651 6240">seventeen</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And he <sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="1980 310">followed</s> the <sn="2403">sins</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5028">Nebat</s>, <sn="834">which</s> made <sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> to <sn="2398">sin</s>; he <sn="5493">departed</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="4480">therefrom</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And the <sn="639">anger</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="2734">kindled</s> against <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and he <sn="5414">delivered</s> them into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="2371">Hazael</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s>, and into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2371">Hazael</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s><sn="2470">besought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6440 3068">LORD</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="8085">hearkened</s><sn="413">unto</s> him: <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3906">oppression</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s><sn="3905">oppressed</s> them. </v>
<vn='5'>(And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">gave</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> a <sn="3467">savior</s>, so that they went <sn="3318">out</s> from <sn="4480 8478">under</s> the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="758">Syrians</s>: and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s> in their <sn="168">tents</s>, as <sn="8543 8032">formerly</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="389">Nevertheless</s> they <sn="5493">departed</s><sn="3808">not</s> from the <sn="4480 2403">sins</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>, <sn="834">who</s> made <sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="2398">sin</s>, but <sn="1980">walked</s> therein: and there <sn="5975">remained</s> the <sn="842">grove</s><sn="1571">also</s> in <sn="8111">Samaria</s>.) </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3588 3808">Neither</s> did he <sn="7604">leave</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> to <sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s><sn="3588 518">but</s><sn="2572">fifty</s><sn="6571">horsemen</s>, and <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="7393">chariots</s>, and <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="7273">footmen</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s> had <sn="6">destroyed</s> them, and had <sn="7760">made</s> them like the <sn="6083">dust</s> by <sn="1758">threshing</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="6213">did</s>, and his <sn="1369">might</s>, are <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="1697 3117">chronicles</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>; and they <sn="6912">buried</s> him in <sn="8111">Samaria</s>: and <sn="3101">Joash</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>In the <sn="7970">thirty</s> and <sn="7651">seventh</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="3101">Joash</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> began <sn="3060">Jehoash</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s> to <sn="4427">reign</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> in <sn="8111">Samaria</s>, and reigned <sn="8337 6240">sixteen</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And he <sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; he <sn="5493">departed</s><sn="3808">not</s> from <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="2403">sins</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5028">Nebat</s>, <sn="834">who</s> made <sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="2398">sin</s>: but he <sn="1980">walked</s> therein. </v>
<vn='12'>And the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="3101">Joash</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="6213">did</s>, and his <sn="1369">might</s><sn="834">wherewith</s> he <sn="3898">fought</s><sn="5973">against</s><sn="558">Amaziah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, are <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="1697 3117">chronicles</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="3101">Joash</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>; and <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="3427">sat</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="3678">throne</s>: and <sn="3101">Joash</s> was <sn="6912">buried</s> in <sn="8111">Samaria</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Now <sn="477">Elisha</s> was fallen <sn="2470">sick</s><sn="854">of</s> his <sn="2483">sickness</s><sn="834">whereof</s> he <sn="4191">died</s>. And <sn="3101">Joash</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> came <sn="3381">down</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, and <sn="1058">wept</s><sn="5921">over</s> his <sn="6440">face</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, O my <sn="1">father</s>, my <sn="1">father</s>, the <sn="7393">chariot</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and the <sn="6571">horsemen</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="477">Elisha</s><sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="3947">Take</s><sn="7198">bow</s> and <sn="2671">arrows</s>. And he <sn="3947">took</s><sn="413">unto</s> him <sn="7198">bow</s> and <sn="2671">arrows</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And he <sn="559">said</s> to the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="7392">Put</s> thine <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="7198">bow</s>. And he <sn="7392">put</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> upon it: and <sn="477">Elisha</s><sn="7760">put</s> his <sn="3027">hands</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="3027">hands</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="6605">Open</s> the <sn="2474">window</s><sn="6924">eastward</s>. And he <sn="6605">opened</s> it. Then <sn="477">Elisha</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3384">Shoot</s>. And he <sn="3384">shot</s>. And he <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="2671">arrow</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="8668">deliverance</s>, and the <sn="2671">arrow</s> of <sn="8668">deliverance</s> from <sn="758">Syria</s>: for thou shalt <sn="5221">smite</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="758">Syrians</s> in <sn="663">Aphek</s>, <sn="5704">till</s> thou have <sn="3615">consumed</s> them. </v>
<vn='18'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3947">Take</s> the <sn="2671">arrows</s>. And he <sn="3947">took</s> them. And he <sn="559">said</s> unto the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="5221">Smite</s> upon the <sn="776">ground</s>. And he <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="7969 6471">thrice</s>, and <sn="5975">stayed</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s> was <sn="7107">wroth</s><sn="5921">with</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s>, Thou shouldest have <sn="5221">smitten</s><sn="2568">five</s><sn="176">or</s><sn="8337">six</s><sn="6471">times</s>; <sn="227">then</s> hadst thou <sn="5221">smitten</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="758">Syria</s><sn="5704">till</s> thou hadst <sn="3615">consumed</s> it: whereas <sn="6258">now</s> thou shalt <sn="5221">smite</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="758">Syria</s> but <sn="7969 6471">thrice</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="477">Elisha</s><sn="4191">died</s>, and they <sn="6912">buried</s> him. And the <sn="1416">bands</s> of the <sn="4124">Moabites</s><sn="935">invaded</s> the <sn="776">land</s> at the coming <sn="935">in</s> of the <sn="8141">year</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, as <sn="1992">they</s> were <sn="6912">burying</s> a <sn="376">man</s>, that, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they <sn="7200">spied</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="1416">band</s> of men; and they <sn="7993">cast</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="376">man</s> into the <sn="6913">sepulcher</s> of <sn="477">Elisha</s>: and when the <sn="376">man</s> was let <sn="1980">down</s>, and <sn="5060">touched</s> the <sn="6106">bones</s> of <sn="477">Elisha</s>, he <sn="2421">revived</s>, and stood <sn="6965">up</s><sn="5921">on</s> his <sn="7272">feet</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>But <sn="2371">Hazael</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s><sn="3905">oppressed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="2603">gracious</s> unto them, and had compassion <sn="7355">on</s> them, and had <sn="6437">respect</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="4616">because</s> of his <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="85">Abraham</s>, <sn="3327">Isaac</s>, and <sn="3290">Jacob</s>, and <sn="14">would</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="7843">destroy</s> them, <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="7993">cast</s> he them <sn="4480 5921">from</s> his <sn="6440">presence</s><sn="5704">as</s><sn="6258">yet</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>So <sn="2371">Hazael</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s><sn="4191">died</s>; and <sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="3060">Jehoash</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="7725">again</s> out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2371">Hazael</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5892">cities</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="3947">taken</s> out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s> his <sn="1">father</s> by <sn="4421">war</s>. <sn="7969">Three</s><sn="6471">times</s> did <sn="3101">Joash</s><sn="5221">beat</s> him, and <sn="7725">recovered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>