2 Kings 13
1 In the twenty-third year of Joas son
of Ochozias king of Juda
aGr. reigned.began Joachaz the son of Ju to reign in Samaria,
and he reigned seventeen years.
2 And he did that which was evil in
the sight of the Lord, and walked after the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat,
who led Israel to sin; he departed not from
bGr. it.them.
3 And the Lord was very angry with
Israel, and delivered them into the hand of Azael king of Syria, and into the
hand of the son of Ader son of Azael, all their days.
4 And Joachaz besought the Lord, and
the Lord hearkened to him, for he saw the affliction of Israel, because the
king of Syria afflicted them. 5 And
the Lord gave deliverance to Israel, and they escaped from under the hand of
Syria: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as
cGr. yesterday and to-day.heretofore. 6 Only they departed not
from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who led Israel to sin: they walked in
dGr. it, sc. ἀμαρτία.them—moreover the grove also remained in Samaria.
7 Whereas there was not left any
eGr. people.army to Joachaz, except fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand
infantry: for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and they made them as dust
for trampling.
8 And the rest of the acts of Joachaz,
and all that he did, and his mighty acts are not
these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
9 And Joachaz slept with his fathers,
and they buried him in Samaria: and Joas his son reigned in his stead.
10 In the thirty-seventh year of Joas
king of Juda, Joas the son of Joachaz
fGr. reigned.began to reign over Israel in Samaria sixteen years.
11 And he did that which was evil in
the sight of the Lord; he departed not from all the sin of Jeroboam the son of
Nabat, who led Israel to sin: he walked in it.
12 And the rest of the acts of Joas,
and all that he did, and his mighty acts which he performed together with
Amessias king of Juda, are not these written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
13 And Joas slept with his fathers,
and Jeroboam sat upon his throne, and he was buried in Samaria with the kings
of Israel.
14 Now Elisaie was sick of his
sickness, whereof he died: and Joas king of Israel went down to him, and wept
over his face, and said, My father,
my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horseman
thereof! 15 And Elisaie said to him,
Take bow and
gGr. weapons.arrows. And he took to himself a bow and arrows.
16 And he said to the king, Put thy
hand on the bow. And Joas put his hand upon it: and
Elisaie put his hands upon the king's hands.
17 And he said, Open the window
eastward. And he opened it. And Elisaie said, Shoot. And he shot. And
Elisaie said, The arrow of the Lord's deliverance,
and the arrow of deliverance
hGr. in.from Syria; and thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphec until thou have
consumed them. 18 And Elisaie said to
him, Take bow and arrows. And he took them. And
he said to the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground.
And the king smote three times, and stayed.
19 And the man of God was grieved at
him, and said, If thou hadst smitten five or six times, then thou shouldest
have smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed them; but now thou shalt smite
Syria only thrice.
20 And Elisaie died, and they buried
him. And the bands of the Moabites came into the land,
iGr. the year having come.at the beginning of the year. 21 And
it came to pass as they were burying a man, that behold, they saw a band
of men, and they cast the man into the grave of
Elisaie: and as soon as he touched the bones of Elisaie, he revived and stood
up on his feet.
22 And Azael greatly afflicted Israel
all the days of Joachaz. 23 And the
Lord had mercy and compassion upon them, and had respect to them because of
his covenant with Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob; and the Lord would not destroy
them, and did not cast them out from his presence.
24 And Azael king of Syria died, and
the son of Ader his son reigned in his stead.
25 And Joas the son of Joachaz
returned, and took the cities out of the hand of the son of Ader the son of
Azael, which he had taken out of the hand of Joachaz his father in the war:
thrice did Joas smite him, and he recovered the cities of Israel.