2 Kings 13:1–9

ISRAEL’S KING JEHOAHAZ

13In the twenty-third year of Judah’s King Joash^l son of Ahaziah, Jehoahaz^m son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years. ²He 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 Hazael^p of Aram and to his son Ben-hadad^q during their reigns.

⁴Then 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. ⁷Jehoahaz 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

⁸The 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 Jehoash^A became king in his place.