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2 Kings 13 1 Jehoahaz son of Jehu began to rule over Israel in the twenty-third year of King Joash's reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria seventeen years.
2 Kings 13 2 But he did what was evil in the LORD's sight. He followed the example of Jeroboam son of Nebat, continuing the sins of idolatry that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.
2 Kings 13 3 So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and he allowed King Hazael of Aram and his son Ben-hadad to defeat them time after time.
2 Kings 13 4 Then Jehoahaz prayed for the LORD's help, and the LORD heard his prayer. The LORD could see how terribly the king of Aram was oppressing Israel.
2 Kings 13 5 So the LORD raised up a deliverer to rescue the Israelites from the tyranny of the Arameans. Then Israel lived in safety again as they had in former days.
2 Kings 13 6 But they continued to sin, following the evil example of Jeroboam. They even set up an Asherah pole in Samaria.
2 Kings 13 7 Finally, Jehoahaz's army was reduced to fifty mounted troops, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers. The king of Aram had killed the others like they were dust under his feet.
2 Kings 13 8 The rest of the events in Jehoahaz's reign and all his deeds, including the extent of his power, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
2 Kings 13 9 When Jehoahaz died, he was buried in Samaria with his ancestors. Then his son Jehoash became the next king.
2 Kings 13 10 Jehoash son of Jehoahaz began to rule over Israel in the thirty-seventh year of King Joash's reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria sixteen years.
2 Kings 13 11 But he did what was evil in the LORD's sight. He refused to turn from the sins of idolatry that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.
2 Kings 13 12 The rest of the events in Jehoash's reign and all his deeds, including the extent of his power and his war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
2 Kings 13 13 When Jehoash died, he was buried with his ancestors in Samaria. Then his son Jeroboam II became the next king.
2 Kings 13 14 When Elisha was in his last illness, King Jehoash of Israel visited him and wept over him. "My father! My father! The chariots and charioteers of Israel!" he cried.
2 Kings 13 15 Elisha told him, "Get a bow and some arrows." And the king did as he was told.
2 Kings 13 16 Then Elisha told the king of Israel to put his hand on the bow, and Elisha laid his own hands on the king's hands.
2 Kings 13 17 Then he commanded, "Open that eastern window," and he opened it. Then he said, "Shoot!" So he did. Then Elisha proclaimed, "This is the LORD's arrow, full of victory over Aram, for you will completely conquer the Arameans at Aphek.
2 Kings 13 18 Now pick up the other arrows and strike them against the ground." So the king picked them up and struck the ground three times.
2 Kings 13 19 But the man of God was angry with him. "You should have struck the ground five or six times!" he exclaimed. "Then you would have beaten Aram until they were entirely destroyed. Now you will be victorious only three times."
2 Kings 13 20 Then Elisha died and was buried. Groups of Moabite raiders used to invade the land each spring.
2 Kings 13 21 Once when some Israelites were burying a man, they spied a band of these raiders. So they hastily threw the body they were burying into the tomb of Elisha. But as soon as the body touched Elisha's bones, the dead man revived and jumped to his feet!
2 Kings 13 22 King Hazael of Aram had oppressed Israel during the entire reign of King Jehoahaz.
2 Kings 13 23 But the LORD was gracious to the people of Israel, and they were not totally destroyed. He pitied them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day he still has not completely destroyed them or banished them from his presence.
2 Kings 13 24 King Hazael of Aram died, and his son Ben-hadad became the next king.
2 Kings 13 25 Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz recaptured from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the towns that Hazael had taken from Jehoash's father, Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad on three occasions, and so recovered the Israelite towns.
2 Kings 14 1 Amaziah son of Joash began to rule over Judah in the second year of the reign of King Jehoash of Israel.
2 Kings 14 2 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother was Jehoaddin, from Jerusalem.
2 Kings 14 3 Amaziah did what was pleasing in the LORD's sight, but not like his ancestor David. Instead, he followed the example of his father, Joash.
2 Kings 14 4 Amaziah did not destroy the pagan shrines, where the people offered sacrifices and burned incense.
2 Kings 14 5 When Amaziah was well established as king, he executed the men who had assassinated his father.
2 Kings 14 6 However, he did not kill the children of the assassins, for he obeyed the command of the LORD written in the Book of the Law of Moses: "Parents must not be put to death for the sins of their children, nor the children for the sins of their parents. Those worthy of death must be executed for their own crimes."
2 Kings 14 7 It was Amaziah who killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He also conquered Sela and changed its name to Joktheel, as it is called to this day.
2 Kings 14 8 One day Amaziah sent this challenge to Israel's king Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz and grandson of Jehu: "Come and meet me in battle!"
2 Kings 14 9 But King Jehoash of Israel replied to King Amaziah of Judah with this story: "Out in the Lebanon mountains a thistle sent a message to a mighty cedar tree: `Give your daughter in marriage to my son.' But just then a wild animal came by and stepped on the thistle, crushing it!
2 Kings 14 10 You have indeed destroyed Edom and are very proud about it. Be content with your victory and stay at home! Why stir up trouble that will bring disaster on you and the people of Judah?"
2 Kings 14 11 But Amaziah refused to listen, so King Jehoash of Israel mobilized his army against King Amaziah of Judah. The two armies drew up their battle lines at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
2 Kings 14 12 Judah was routed by the army of Israel, and its army scattered and fled for home.
2 Kings 14 13 King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah at Beth-shemesh and marched on to Jerusalem. Then Jehoash ordered his army to demolish six hundred feet of Jerusalem's wall, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
2 Kings 14 14 He carried off all the gold and silver and all the utensils from the Temple of the LORD, as well as from the palace treasury. He also took hostages and returned to Samaria.
2 Kings 14 15 The rest of the events in Jehoash's reign, including the extent of his power and his war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
2 Kings 14 16 When Jehoash died, he was buried with his ancestors in Samaria. Then his son Jeroboam II became the next king.
2 Kings 14 17 King Amaziah of Judah lived on for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash of Israel.
2 Kings 14 18 The rest of the events in Amaziah's reign are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.
2 Kings 14 19 There was a conspiracy against Amaziah's life in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But his enemies sent assassins after him, and they killed him there.
2 Kings 14 20 They brought him back to Jerusalem on a horse, and he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David.
2 Kings 14 21 The people of Judah then crowned Amaziah's sixteen-year-old son, Uzziah, as their next king.
2 Kings 14 22 After his father's death, Uzziah rebuilt the town of Elath and restored it to Judah.
2 Kings 14 23 Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash, began to rule over Israel in the fifteenth year of King Amaziah's reign in Judah. Jeroboam reigned in Samaria forty-one years.
2 Kings 14 24 He did what was evil in the LORD's sight. He refused to turn from the sins of idolatry that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.
2 Kings 14 25 Jeroboam II recovered the territories of Israel between Lebo-hamath and the Dead Sea, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had promised through Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
2 Kings 14 26 For the LORD saw the bitter suffering of everyone in Israel, and how they had absolutely no one to help them.
2 Kings 14 27 And because the LORD had not said he would blot out the name of Israel completely, he used Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash, to save them.
2 Kings 14 28 The rest of the events in the reign of Jeroboam II and all his deeds, including the extent of his power, his wars, and how he recovered for Israel both Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
2 Kings 14 29 When Jeroboam II died, he was buried with his ancestors, the kings of Israel. Then his son Zechariah became the next king.
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