The .xiij. Chapter.
3 Iehoahaz the sonne of Iehu is delyuered into the handes of the Syrians. 5 He prayeth vnto God and is delyuered. 9 Ioas his sonne raigneth in his steade. 24 Hazael dyeth. 26 Elisa dyeth.
[unspec A] 1 IN the three & twentith yere of Ioas the sonne of Ahaziahu king of Iuda, Iehoahaz the sonne of Iehu began to raigne ouer Israel in Samaria seuen∣teene yeres.
2 And he wrought that which was euil in the sight of the Lorde, and folowed the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat which made Israel to sinne, and departed not therfrom.
3 And the Lorde was angry with Is∣rael, and delyuered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, & into the hand of Benhadad the sonne of Hazael all their dayes.
4 And Iehoahaz besought the Lord, & the Lorde heard him: For he considered the trouble of Israel, wherewith the king of Syria troubled them.
5 (And the Lord gaue Israel a deliuerer, so that they went out from vnder the subiection of the Syrians: And the chil∣dren of Israel dwelt in their tentes as before tyme.
6 Neuerthelesse, they departed not from the sinnes of the house of Ieroboam which made Israel sinne, but walked in them: And there remayned an idols groue still also in Samaria.)
[unspec B] 7 Neither did he leaue of the people to Iehoahaz but fiftie horsemen, ten cha∣rets, and ten thousand footemen: * 1.1 for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them lyke thresshed dust.
8 The rest of the wordes that concerne Iehoahaz and all that he dyd, and his power, are they not writtē in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Israel?
9 And Iehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in Samaria, and Ioas his sonne raigned in his steade.
10 In the thirtie and seuenth yere of Io∣as king of Iuda, began Iehoas the sonne of Iehoahaz to raigne ouer Is∣rael in Samaria sixteene yeres.
11 And did that which is euill in the sight of the Lorde, and departed not from all the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat that made Israel sinne: for he walked therein.
12 The remnaunt of the wordes that con∣cerne Ioas, and all that he did, and his power wherewith he fought against Amaziahu king of Iuda, are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Israel?
13 And Ioas slept with his fathers, and [unspec C] Ieroboam sat vpon his seate: And Io∣as was buryed in Samaria among the kinges of Israel.
14 When Elisa was fallen sicke of his sick∣nesse whereof he dyed, Ioas the king of Israel came downe vnto him, and wept before him, and saide: * 1.2 O my fa∣ther, my father, the charet of Israel, & the horsemen of the same.
15 Elisa saide vnto him: Take bowe and arrowes. And he toke vnto him bowe and arrowes.
16 And he saide to the king of Israel: Put thyne hand vpon the bowe. And he put his hand vpon it: And Elisa put his handes vpon the kinges handes,
17 And said: Open a windowe eastward. And when he had opened it, Elisa sayd: shoote. And he shot: And he saide, The arrowe of health of the Lorde, and the arrowe of health against Syria: For thou shalt smyte Syria in Aphec, till thou haue made an ende of them.
18 And he saide: Take the arrowes. And he toke them: And he said vnto the king of Israel, Smyte the grounde. And he smote thrise, and ceassed.
19 And the man of God was angry with [unspec D] him, and saide: Thou shouldest haue smitten fiue or sixe tymes, and then thou haddest smytten Syria till thou haddest made an end of them: where now thou shalt smyte Syria but thrise.
20 And so Elisa dyed, & they buried him: and the souldiers of the Moabites came into the lande (a) 1.3 the same yere.