The Second Book of the Kings, Commonly Called the Fourth Book of the Kings 13

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² And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat which made Israel to sin he departed not therefrom ⚑

³ And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael all their days ⚑

⁵ And the LORD gave Israel a saviour so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as beforetime ⚑

⁶ Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam who made Israel sin but walked therein and there remained the grove also in Samaria ⚑

⁷ Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand footmen for the king of Syria had destroyed them and had made them like the dust by threshing ⚑

⁸ 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 ⚑

⁹ And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers and they buried him in Samaria and Joash his son reigned in his stead ⚑

¹¹ And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat who made Israel sin but he walked therein ⚑

¹² And the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ⚑

¹⁴ Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him and wept over his face and said O my father my father the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof ⚑

¹⁵ And Elisha said unto him Take bow and arrows And he took unto him bow and arrows ⚑

¹⁶ And he said to the king of Israel Put thine hand upon the bow And he put his hand upon it and Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands ⚑

¹⁷ And he said Open the window eastward And he opened it Then Elisha said Shoot And he shot And he said The arrow of the LORD’s deliverance and the arrow of deliverance from Syria for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek till thou have consumed them ⚑

¹⁸ And he said Take the arrows And he took them And he said unto the king of Israel Smite upon the ground And he smote thrice and stayed ⚑

¹⁹ And the man of God was wroth with him and said Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice ⚑

²⁰ And Elisha died and they buried him And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year ⚑

²¹ And it came to pass as they were burying a man that behold they spied a band of men and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha and when the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha he revived and stood up on his feet ⚑

²³ And the LORD was gracious unto them and had compassion on them and had respect unto them because of his covenant with Abraham Isaac and Jacob and would not destroy them neither cast he them from his presence as yet ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain