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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Kings 13 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_kings/13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_kings/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > 2 Kings 13</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_kings/12.htm" title="2 Kings 12">◄</a> 2 Kings 13 <a href="../2_kings/14.htm" title="2 Kings 14">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/2_kings/13.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Jehoahaz Reigns in Israel</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He did what was evil in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And the anger of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was kindled against Israel, and he gave them continually into the hand of Hazael king of Syria and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> listened to him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>(Therefore the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> gave Israel a savior, so that they escaped from the hand of the Syrians, and the people of Israel lived in their homes as formerly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Nevertheless, they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin, but walked<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint, Syriac, Targum, Vulgate; Hebrew he walked">a</a></sup></span> in them; and the Asherah also remained in Samaria.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For there was not left to Jehoahaz an army of more than fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand footmen, for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria, and Joash his son reigned in his place.</p> <p class="heading">Jehoash Reigns in Israel</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Jehoash is an alternate spelling of Joash (son of Jehoahaz) as in verses 9, 12-14; also verse 25">b</a></sup></span> the son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He also did what was evil in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin, but he walked in them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, and the might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.</p> <p class="heading">The Death of Elisha</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Elisha said to him, “Take a bow and arrows.” So he took a bow and arrows. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then he said to the king of Israel, “Draw the bow,” and he drew it. And Elisha laid his hands on the king’s hands. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And he said, “Open the window eastward,” and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot,” and he shot. And he said, “The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Syria! For you shall fight the Syrians in Aphek until you have made an end of them.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And he said, “Take the arrows,” and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground with them.” And he struck three times and stopped. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria until you had made an end of it, but now you will strike down Syria only three times.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And as a man was being buried, behold, a marauding band was seen and the man was thrown into the grave of Elisha, and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Now Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was gracious to them and had compassion on them, and he turned toward them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, nor has he cast them from his presence until now.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When Hazael king of Syria died, Ben-hadad his son became king in his place. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities that he had taken from Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Septuagint, Syriac, Targum, Vulgate; Hebrew <i>he walked</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <i class="catch-word">Jehoash</i> is an alternate spelling of <i>Joash</i> (son of Jehoahaz) as in verses 9, 12 - 14; also verse 25<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. 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