1In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria seventeen years.
2And he did the evil in the eyes of YHWH, and walked after the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin; he did not turn aside from it.
3And the anger of YHWH was kindled against Israel, and he gave them into the hand of Hazael king of Aram, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all the days.
4And Jehoahaz entreated the face of YHWH, and YHWH listened to him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, for the king of Aram oppressed them.
5And YHWH gave to Israel a savior (yasha), and they went out from under the hand of Aram; and the sons of Israel dwelt in their tents as yesterday, the day before.
6Only they did not turn aside from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin; in it he walked; and also the Asherah remained standing in Samaria.
7For he did not leave to Jehoahaz a people except fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust (aphar) for threshing.
8And the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written on the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
9And Jehoahaz lay with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and Joash his son reigned in his place.
10In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz reigned over Israel in Samaria sixteen years.
11And he did the evil in the eyes of YHWH; he did not turn aside from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin; in it he walked.
12And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
13And Joash lay with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat upon his throne; and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
14And Elisha had become sick with his sickness of which he would die; and Joash king of Israel came down to him and wept over his face, and said, "My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!"
15And Elisha said to him, "Take bow and arrows"; and he took to himself bow and arrows.
16And he said to the king of Israel, "Make your hand ride upon the bow"; and he made his hand ride, and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.
17And he said, "Open the window eastward"; and he opened it. And Elisha said, "Shoot"; and he shot. And he said, "An arrow of deliverance of YHWH, and an arrow of deliverance against Aram; and you shall strike Aram in Aphek until finishing."
18And he said, "Take the arrows"; and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, "Strike toward the ground"; and he struck three times and stood still.
19And the man (ish) of God was angry at him, and said, "To strike five or six times — then you would have struck Aram until finishing; but now three times you shall strike Aram."
20And Elisha died, and they buried him. And bands of Moab would come into the land at the coming of the year.
21And it came to pass, as they were burying a man (ish), that behold, they saw the band, and they cast the man (ish) into the grave of Elisha; and the man (ish) went and touched the bones of Elisha, and he revived and stood upon his feet.
22And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
23And YHWH was gracious to them and had compassion on them, and turned to them, for the sake of his covenant (berit) with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he was not willing to destroy them, and did not cast them from upon his face until now.
24And Hazael king of Aram died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his place.
25And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz turned and took the cities from the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, which he had taken from the hand of Jehoahaz his father in the war. Three times Joash struck him, and recovered the cities of Israel.