2 Kings 13:1–9

ISRAEL’S KING JEHOAHAZ

13 In the twenty-third year of Judah’s King Joashl son of Ahaziah, Jehoahazm son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years. 2 He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.n 3 So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel,o and he handed them over to King Hazaelp of Aram and to his son Ben-hadadq during their reigns.

4 Then Jehoahaz sought the Lord’s favor, and the Lord heard him, for he saw the oppression the king of Aram inflicted on Israel.r 5 Therefore, the Lord gave Israel a deliverer,s and they escaped from the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel returned to their former way of life,C 6 but they didn’t turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit. Jehoahaz continued them,t and the Asherah pole also remained standing in Samaria. 7 Jehoahaz did not have an army left, except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them,u making them like dust at threshing.v

8 The rest of the events of Jehoahaz’s reign, along with all his accomplishments and his might, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.w 9 Jehoahaz rested with his ancestors, and he was buried in Samaria. His son JehoashA became king in his place.