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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.
10
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 L
ORD
; 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?
13
And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his
throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
14
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.
15
And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him
bow and arrows.
16
And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine 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
L
ORD
’S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in
Aphek, till thou 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, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
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And the
man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then
hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed
it:
whereas now thou shalt smite Syria
but
thrice.
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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 sepulchre 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 L
ORD
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 Ben- hadad his son reigned in his stead.
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And Jehoash
the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad 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.
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