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2 Kings 13:1 307 2 Kings 14:5
13 he sayde to the King of Israel, Put thine hand

1 In the three and twentieth yeere of Ioash vpon the bowe. And he put his hand vpon it.
the sonne of Ahaziah King of Iudah, Iehoahaz And Elisha put his hands vpon the Kings hands,
the sonne of Iehu began to reigne ouer Israel 17 And saide, Open the windowe Eastward. And
in Samaria, and he reigned seuenteene yeere. when he had opened it, Elisha said, Shoote. And
2 And he did euil in the sight of the Lord, and he shot. And he sayd, Beholde the arrowe of
followed the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of the Lordes deliuerance and the arrowe of deli-
Nebat, which made Israel to sinne, and departed uerance against Aram: for thou shalt smite the
not therefrom. 3 And the Lord was angry with Aramites in Aphek, till thou hast consumed them.
Israel, and deliuered them into the hand of Haz- 18 Againe he said, Take the arrowes. And he tooke
ael King of Aram, and into the hand of Ben- them. And he sayde vnto the King of Israel,
hadad the sonne of Hazael, all his dayes. 4 And Smite the ground. And he smote thrise, and
Iehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord heard ceased. 19 Then the man of God was angry with
him: for he saw the trouble of Israel, wherewith him, and sayde, Thou shouldest haue smitten fiue
the King of Aram troubled them. 5 (And the or sixe times, so thou shouldest haue smitten
Lord gaue Israel a deliuerer, so that they came Aram, till thou haddest consumed it, where nowe
out from vnder the subiection of the Aramites. thou shalt smite Aram but thrise. 20 So Elisha
And the children of Israel dwelt in their tents dyed, and they buryed him. And certaine bandes
as before time. 6 Neuerthelesse they departed of the Moabites came into the land that yeere.
not from the sinnes of the house of Ieroboam 21 And as they were burying a man, behold, they
which made Israel sinne, but walked in them. saw the souldiers: therfore they cast the man
euen the groue also remayned still in Samaria) into the sepulchre of Elisha. And when the man
7 For he had left of the people to Iehoahaz but was downe, and touched the bones of Elisha,
fiftie horsemen, and tenne charets, and tenne he reuiued and stoode vpon his feete. 22 But
thousand footemen, because the King of Aram Hazael King of Aram vexed Israel all the dayes
had destroyed them, and made them like dust of Iehoahaz. 23 Therefore the Lord had mercy on
beaten to pouder. 8 Concerning the rest of the them and pitied them, and had respect vnto them
actes of Iehoahaz and all that he did, and his because of his couenant with Abraham, Izhak,
valiant deedes, are they not written in the booke and Iaakob, and would not destroy them, neither
of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 9 And cast he them from him as yet. 24 So Hazael the
Iehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried King of Aram dyed: and Ben-hadad his sonne
him in Samaria, and Ioash his sonne reigned in reigned in his stead. 25 Therefore Iehoash the
his steade. 10 In the seuen and thirtieth yere sonne of Iehoahaz returned, and tooke out of
of Ioash King of Iudah began Iehoash the sonne the hand of Ben-hadad the sonne of Hazael the
of Iehoahaz to reigne ouer Israel in Samaria, cities which he had taken away by warre out of
and reigned sixteene yeere, 11 And did euil in the hand of Iehoahaz his father: for three times
the sight of the Lord: for he departed not from did Ioash beate him, and restored the cities vnto
Israel.
all the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat
that made Israel to sinne, but he walked therein. 14
12 Concerning the rest of the actes of Ioash and
all that he did, and his valiant deedes, and how 1 The second yeere of Ioash sonne of Iehoahaz
he fought against Amaziah King of Iudah, are King of Israel reigned Amaziah the sonne of Ioash
they not written in the booke of the Chronicles King of Iudah. 2 He was fiue and twentie yeere
of the Kings of Israel? 13 And Ioash slept with his olde when he began to reigne, and reigned nine
fathers, and Ieroboam sate vpon his seate: and and twentie yeere in Ierusalem, and his mothers
Ioash was buryed in Samaria among the Kings of name was Iehoadan of Ierusalem. 3 And he did
Israel. 14 When Elisha fell sicke of his sickenesse vprightly in the sight of the Lord, yet not like
whereof he dyed, Ioash the King of Israel came Dauid his father, but did according to all that
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downe vnto him, and wept vpon his face, and Ioash his father had done. Notwithstanding the
sayd, O my father, my father, the charet of Israel, hie places were not taken away: for as yet the
and the horsemen of the same. 15 Then Elisha people did sacrifice and burnt incense in the hie
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sayde vnto him, Take a bowe and arrowes. And places. And when the kingdome was confirmed
he tooke vnto him bowe and arrowes. 16 And in his hand, he slewe his seruants which had