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And Jehoash did what was right in the sight of Yahweh all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

let the priests take it for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the damages of the house wherever any damage may be found."

Then Hazael king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured it, and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

And Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had set apart as holy, and his own holy things and all the gold that was found among the treasuries of the house of Yahweh and of the king's house, and sent them to Hazael king of Aram. Then he went away from Jerusalem.

And his servants arose and made a conspiracy and struck down Joash at the house of Millo as he was going down to Silla.

Now Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amaziah his son became king in his place.

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?

And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and Joash his son became king in his place.

Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did and his 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?

So Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne; and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

Then he said to the king of Israel, "Put your hand on the bow." And he put his hand on it, then Elisha placed his hands on the king's hands.

Now it happened that they were burying a man, and behold, they saw a marauding band; and they cast the man into the grave of Elisha. And when the man touched the bones of Elisha he became alive and stood up on his feet.

But Yahweh was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not bring them to ruin or cast them from His presence until now.

Then Hazael king of Aram died, and Ben-hadad his son became king in his place.

Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken in war from the hand of Jehoahaz his father. Three times Joash struck him and recovered the cities of Israel.

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.

And he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, yet not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

Now it happened as soon as the kingdom was strong in his hand, that he struck down his servants who had struck down the king his father.

But the sons of those who struck him down he did not put to death, according to what is written in the book of the Law of Moses, which Yahweh commanded, saying, "Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor sons be put to death for their fathers; but each shall be put to death for his own sin."

And Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled each to his tent.