2 Kings 13:1–9

Jehoahaz Reigns in Israel

13In the twenty-third year of ^aJoash ¹the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, ^bJehoahaz the son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. ²And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and followed the ^csins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. He did not ²depart from them.

³Then ^dthe anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He delivered them into the hand of ^eHazael king of Syria, and into the hand of ^fBen-Hadad the son of Hazael, all their days. ⁴So Jehoahaz ^gpleaded with the Lord, and the Lord listened to him; for ^hHe saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. ⁵ⁱThen the Lord gave Israel a deliverer, so that they escaped from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before. ⁶Nevertheless they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who had made Israel sin, but walked in them; ^jand the ³wooden image also remained in Samaria. ⁷For He left of the army of Jehoahaz only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Syria had destroyed them ^kand made them ^llike the dust at threshing.

⁸Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? ⁹So Jehoahaz ⁴rested with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. Then ⁵Joash his son reigned in his place.