13In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria, reigning seventeen years. ²But he did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and he went after the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat with which he had caused Israel to sin, and he did not depart from it. ³So the anger of Yahweh was kindled^a 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 repeatedly.^b ⁴Then Jehoahaz entreated Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Aram oppressed them. ⁵Yahweh gave Israel a savior, and they went out from under the hand of Aram. So the Israelites^c lived in their tents as formerly.^d ⁶Yet they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam which he caused Israel to sin, but walked in it; and also, the pole of the Asherah worship was still standing in Samaria. ⁷For there was no army left over for Jehoahaz except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand infantry, for the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them as the dust at threshing. ⁸Now the remainder of the acts of Jehoahaz and all that he did and his powerful deeds, are they not written in the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel? ⁹Then Jehoahaz slept with his ancestors^e and they buried him in Samaria, and Jehoash his son became king in his place.

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Footnotes

aLiterally “the nose of Yahweh became hot”
bLiterally “all the days”
cLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
dLiterally “as yesterday and the day before”
eOr “fathers”