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The Fourth
Book of Kings 13
In the three and twentieth year of Joas son of Ochozias
king of Juda, Joachaz the son of Jehu reigned over Israel
in Samaria, seventeen years.
And he did evil before the Lord, and followed the sins
of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin,
and he departed not from them.
And the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel,
and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael the king
of Syria, and into the hand of Benadad the son of Hazael
all days.
But Joachaz besought the face of the Lord, and the Lord
heard him: for he saw the distress of Israel, because
the king of Syria had oppressed them:
And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, and they were delivered
out of the hand of the king of Syria: and the children
of Israel dwelt in their pavilions as yesterday and
the day before.
But yet they departed not from the sins of Jeroboam,
who made Israel to sin, but walked in them: and there
still remained a grove also in Samaria.
And Joachaz had no more left of the people than fifty
horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen:
for the king of Syria had slain them, and had brought
them low as dust by thrashing in the barnfloor.
Rut the rest of the acts of Joachaz, and all that he
did, and his valour, are they not written in the book
of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
And Joachaz slept with his fathers, and they buried
him in Samaria: and Joas his son reigned in his stead.
In the seven and thirtieth year of Joas king of Juda,
Joas the son of Joachaz reigned over Israel in Samaria
sixteen years.
And he did that which is evil in the sight of the Lord:
he departed not from all the sine of Jeroboam the son
of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, but he walked in them.
But the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he did,
and his valour wherewith he fought against Amasias king
of Juda, are they not written in the book of the words
of the days of the kings of Israel?
And Joas slept with his fathers: and Jeroboam sat upon
his throne. But Joas was buried in Samaria with the
kings of Israel.
Now Eliseus was sick of the illness whereof he died:
and Joas king of Israel went down to him, and wept before
him, and said: O my father, my father, the chariot of
Israel and the guider thereof.
And Eliseus said to him: Bring a bow and arrows. And
when he had brought him a bow, and arrows,
He said to the king of Israel: Put thy hand upon the
bow. And when he had put his hand, Eliseus put his hands
over the king's hands,
And said: Open the window to the east. And when he had
opened it, Eliseus said: Shoot an arrow. And he shot.
And Eliseus said: The arrow of the Lord's deliverance,
and the arrow of the deliverance from Syria: and thou
shalt strike the Syrians in Aphec, till thou consume
them.
And he said: Take the arrows. And when he had taken
them, he said to him : Strike with an arrow upon the
ground. And he struck three times and stood still.
And the man of God was angry with him, and said: If
thou hadst smitten five or six or seven times, thou
hadst smitten Syria even to utter destruction: but now
three times shalt thou smite it.
And Eliseus died, and they buried him. And the rovers
from Moab came into the land the same year.
And some that were burying a man, saw the rovers, and
cast the body into the sepulchre of Eliseus. And when
it had touched the bones of Eliseus, the man came to
life, and stood upon his feet.
Now Hazael king of Syria afflicted Israel all the days
of Joachaz:
And the Lord had mercy on them, and returned to them
because of his covenant, which he had made with Abraham
and Isaac and Jacob: and he would not destroy them,
nor utterly cast them away, unto this present time.
And Hazael king of Syria died, and Benadad his son reigned
in his stead.
Now Joas d the son of Joachaz, took the cities out of
the hand of Benadad, the son of Hazael, which he had
taken out of the hand of Joachaz his father by war,
three times did Joas beat him, and he restored the cities
to Israel. |
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