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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 NIV</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="../">NIV</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">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/2_kings/13.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Jehoahaz King of Israel</p><p class="reg"><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 son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king of 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 evil in the eyes of the <span class="name">Lord</span> by following the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit, and he did not turn away from them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s anger burned against Israel, and for a long time he kept them under the power of Hazael king of Aram and Ben-Hadad his son.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then Jehoahaz sought the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s favor, and the <span class="name">Lord</span> listened to him, for he saw how severely the king of Aram was oppressing Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> provided a deliverer for Israel, and they escaped from the power of Aram. So the Israelites lived in their own homes as they had before. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But they did not turn away from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, which he had caused Israel to commit; they continued in them. Also, the Asherah pole <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, a wooden symbol of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 2 Kings">a</a></sup></span> remained standing in Samaria.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Nothing had been left of the army of Jehoahaz except fifty horsemen, ten chariots and ten thousand foot soldiers, for the king of Aram had destroyed the rest and made them like the dust at threshing time.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>As for the other events of the reign of Jehoahaz, all he did and his achievements, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Jehoahaz rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria. And Jehoash <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash; also in verses 12-14 and 25">b</a></sup></span> his son succeeded him as king.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Jehoash King of Israel</p><p class="reg"><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 son of Jehoahaz became king of 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 did evil in the eyes of the <span class="name">Lord</span> and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit; he continued in them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>As for the other events of the reign of Jehoash, all he did and his achievements, including his war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Jehoash rested with his ancestors, and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne. Jehoash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Now Elisha had been suffering from the illness from which he died. Jehoash king of Israel went down to see him and wept over him. “My father! My father!” he cried. “The chariots and horsemen of Israel!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Elisha said, “Get a bow and some arrows,” and he did so. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Take the bow in your hands,” he said to the king of Israel. When he had taken it, Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Open the east window,” he said, and he opened it. “Shoot!” Elisha said, and he shot. “The <span class="name">Lord</span>’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram!” Elisha declared. “You will completely destroy the Arameans at Aphek.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then he said, “Take the arrows,” and the king took them. Elisha told him, “Strike the ground.” He struck it three times and stopped. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it. But now you will defeat it only three times.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Elisha died and was buried.</p><p class="reg">Now Moabite raiders used to enter the country every spring. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. When the body touched Elisha’s bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But the <span class="name">Lord</span> was gracious to them and had compassion and showed concern for them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To this day he has been unwilling to destroy them or banish them from his presence.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Hazael king of Aram died, and Ben-Hadad his son succeeded him as king. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz recaptured from Ben-Hadad son of Hazael the towns he had taken in battle from his father Jehoahaz. Three times Jehoash defeated him, and so he recovered the Israelite towns.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, a wooden symbol of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 2 Kings</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>Joash,</i> a variant of <i>Jehoash</i>; also in verses 12-14 and 25</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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