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In the three[H7969] and twentieth[H6242]year[H8141] of Joash[H3101] the son[H1121] of Ahaziah[H274]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063]Jehoahaz[H3059] the son[H1121] of Jehu[H3058] began to reign[H4427] over Israel[H3478] in Samaria[H8111], and reigned seventeen[H7651]years[H8141].
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And he did[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], and followed[H3212] the sins[H2403] of Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028], which made Israel[H3478] to sin[H2398]; he departed[H5493] not therefrom.
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And the anger[H639] of the LORD[H3068] was kindled[H2734] against Israel[H3478], and he delivered[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of Hazael[H2371]king[H4428] of Syria[H758], and into the hand[H3027] of Benhadad[H1130] the son[H1121] of Hazael[H2371], all their days[H3117].
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And Jehoahaz[H3059]besought[H2470] the LORD[H3068], and the LORD[H3068]hearkened[H8085]unto[H6440] him: for he saw[H7200] the oppression[H3906] of Israel[H3478], because the king[H4428] of Syria[H758]oppressed[H3905] them.
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(And the LORD[H3068]gave[H5414]Israel[H3478] a saviour[H3467], so that they went out[H3318] from under the hand[H3027] of the Syrians[H758]: and the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]dwelt[H3427] in their tents[H168], as beforetime[H8032].
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Nevertheless they departed[H5493] not from the sins[H2403] of the house[H1004] of Jeroboam[H3379], who made Israel[H3478]sin[H2398], but walked[H1980] therein: and there remained[H5975] the grove[H842] also in Samaria[H8111].)
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Neither did he leave[H7604] of the people[H5971] to Jehoahaz[H3059] but fifty[H2572]horsemen[H6571], and ten[H6235]chariots[H7393], and ten[H6235]thousand[H505]footmen[H7273]; for the king[H4428] of Syria[H758] had destroyed[H6] them, and had made[H7760] them like the dust[H6083] by threshing[H1758].
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Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Jehoahaz[H3059], and all that he did[H6213], and his might[H1369], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Israel?[H3478]
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And Jehoahaz[H3059]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1]; and they buried[H6912] him in Samaria[H8111]: and Joash[H3101] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.
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In the thirty[H7970] and seventh[H7651]year[H8141] of Joash[H3101]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] began Jehoash[H3060] the son[H1121] of Jehoahaz[H3059] to reign[H4427] over Israel[H3478] in Samaria[H8111], and reigned sixteen[H8337]years[H8141].
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And he did[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068]; he departed[H5493] not from all the sins[H2403] of Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028], who made Israel[H3478]sin[H2398]: but he walked[H1980] therein.
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And the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Joash[H3101], and all that he did[H6213], and his might[H1369] wherewith he fought[H3898] against Amaziah[H558]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Israel?[H3478]
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And Joash[H3101]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1]; and Jeroboam[H3379]sat[H3427] upon his throne[H3678]: and Joash[H3101] was buried[H6912] in Samaria[H8111] with the kings[H4428] of Israel[H3478].
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Now Elisha[H477] was fallen sick[H2470] of his sickness[H2483] whereof he died[H4191]. And Joash[H3101] the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] came down[H3381] unto him, and wept[H1058] over his face[H6440], and said[H559], O my father[H1], my father[H1], the chariot[H7393] of Israel[H3478], and the horsemen[H6571] thereof.
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And Elisha[H477]said[H559] unto him, Take[H3947]bow[H7198] and arrows[H2671]. And he took[H3947] unto him bow[H7198] and arrows[H2671].
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And he said[H559] to the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], Put[H7392] thine hand[H3027] upon the bow[H7198]. And he put[H7760] his hand[H3027] upon it: and Elisha[H477]put[H7760] his hands[H3027] upon the king[H4428]'s hands[H3027].
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And he said[H559], Open[H6605] the window[H2474]eastward[H6924]. And he opened[H6605] it. Then Elisha[H477]said[H559], Shoot[H3384]. And he shot[H3384]. And he said[H559], The arrow[H2671] of the LORD'S deliverance[H8668], and the arrow[H2671] of deliverance[H8668] from Syria[H758]: for thou shalt smite[H5221] the Syrians[H758] in Aphek[H663], till thou have consumed[H3615] them.
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And he said[H559], Take[H3947] the arrows[H2671]. And he took[H3947] them. And he said[H559] unto the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], Smite[H5221] upon the ground[H776]. And he smote[H5221]thrice[H7969], and stayed[H5975].
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And the man[H376] of God[H430] was wroth[H7107] with him, and said[H559], Thou shouldest have smitten[H5221]five[H2568] or six[H8337]times[H6471]; then hadst thou smitten[H5221]Syria[H758] till thou hadst consumed[H3615] it: whereas now thou shalt smite[H5221]Syria[H758] but thrice[H7969].
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And Elisha[H477]died[H4191], and they buried[H6912] him. And the bands[H1416] of the Moabites[H4124]invaded[H935] the land[H776] at the coming in[H935] of the year[H8141].
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And it came to pass, as they were burying[H6912] a man[H376], that, behold, they spied[H7200] a band[H1416] of men; and they cast[H7993] the man[H376] into the sepulchre[H6913] of Elisha[H477]: and when the man[H376] was let down[H3212], and touched[H5060] the bones[H6106] of Elisha[H477], he revived[H2421], and stood up[H6965] on his feet[H7272].
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But Hazael[H2371]king[H4428] of Syria[H758]oppressed[H3905]Israel[H3478] all the days[H3117] of Jehoahaz[H3059].
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And the LORD[H3068] was gracious[H2603] unto them, and had compassion[H7355] on them, and had respect[H6437] unto them, because of[H4616] his covenant[H1285] with Abraham[H85], Isaac[H3327], and Jacob[H3290], and would[H14] not destroy[H7843] them, neither cast[H7993] he them from his presence[H6440] as yet[H5704].
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So Hazael[H2371]king[H4428] of Syria[H758]died[H4191]; and Benhadad[H1130] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.
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And Jehoash[H3060] the son[H1121] of Jehoahaz[H3059]took[H3947]again[H7725] out of the hand[H3027] of Benhadad[H1130] the son[H1121] of Hazael[H2371] the cities[H5892], which he had taken[H3947] out of the hand[H3027] of Jehoahaz[H3059] his father[H1] by war[H4421]. Three[H7969]times[H6471] did Joash[H3101]beat[H5221] him, and recovered[H7725] the cities[H5892] of Israel[H3478].