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

And Joash the king of Judah took all the dedicated things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, the kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own dedicated things, and all the gold found in the treasures of the house of Jehovah,and of the house of the king, and sent to Hazael the king of Syria; and he went away from Jerusalem.

And his servants rose up and made a conspiracy and killed Joash in the house of Millo, which goes down to Silla.

For Jozachar 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 his son Amaziah reigned in his place.

And the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Israel?

And Jehoahaz lay with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And his son Joash reigned in his place.

And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought with Amaziah the king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Israel?

And Joash lay with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat on his throne; and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

And Elisha had become sick with his illness in which he died; and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept on his face, and said, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and its horsemen!

And he said to the king of Israel, Cause your hand to ride on the bow. And he caused his hand to ride. And Elisha placed his hand on the hands of the king,

and it happened, they were burying a man; and, behold, they saw the band, and threw the man into the grave of Elisha. And the man fell and touched the bones of Elisha, and came alive, and rose on his feet.

And Jehovah was gracious to them, and pitied them, and turned toward them, for the sake of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and was not willing to destroy them, nor to cast them out from His presence as yet.

And Hazael the king of Syria died, and his son Ben-hadad reigned in his place.

And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz returned and took the cities out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael that he had taken out of the hand of his father Jehoahaz in battle. Jehoash struck him threetimes, and he brought back the cities ofIsrael.

He was a son of twenty five years when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

And he did the right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not like his father David; he did according to all that his father Joash did;

And it happened, when the kingdom was strong in his hand, he struck his servants, those who struck his father, the king.

But he did not cause to die the sons of those who struck him , as it is written in the book of the Law of Moses that Jehovah commanded, saying, The fathers are not to be caused to die for thesons, and the sons are not to be caused to die for the fathers, but each shall be caused to die for his own sin.

And Judah was stricken before Israel, and they each fled to his tent.

And the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah the king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Israel?