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For out of all his army, Jehoahaz had only fifty horsemen and ten carriages and ten thousand footmen; the king of Aram had given them up to destruction, crushing them like dust.

וַיְשִׂמֵ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

And Jehoahaz went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria; and Joash his son became king in his place.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning away from the sin of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, which he did and made Israel do, but he went on with it.

וַיַּֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה (וַ) va “and”

And Joash went to rest with his fathers and Jeroboam took his place as king; and Joash was put into the earth in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

Now Elisha became ill with the disease which was the cause of his death: and Joash, king of Israel, came down to him, and weeping over him said, My father, my father, the war-carriages of Israel and its horsemen!

וַיֵּ֨רֶד (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤בְךְּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (וַ) va “and”

Then Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows: and he took bow and arrows.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֥ח (וַ) va “and”

And he said to the king of Israel, Put your hand on the bow: and he put his hand on it; and Elisha put his hands on the king's hands.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּרְכֵּ֖ב (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֧שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

Then he said; Let the window be open to the east: and he got it open. Then Elisha said, Let the arrow go; and he let it go. And he said, The Lord's arrow of salvation, of salvation over Aram; for you will overcome the Aramaeans in Aphek and put an end to

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְתָּ֑ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיּ֔וֹר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִכִּיתָ֧ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said, Take the arrows: and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Send them down into the earth; and he did so three times and no more.

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּ֑ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲמֹֽד׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

Then the man of God was angry with him and said, If you had done it five or six times, then you would have overcome Aram completely; but now you will only overcome them three times.

וַיִּקְצֹ֨ף (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And death came to Elisha and they put his body into the earth. Now in the spring of the year, armed bands of Moabites frequently came, overrunning the land.

וַיָּ֥מָת (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֑הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And while they were putting a dead man into the earth, they saw a band coming; and they put the man quickly into the place where Elisha's body was; and the dead man, on touching Elisha's bones, came to life again, and got up on his feet.

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלִ֥יכוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּגַּ֤ע (וַ) va “and”וַיְחִ֖י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥קָם (וַ) va “and”

But the Lord was kind to them and had pity on them, caring for them, because of his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; he would not put them to destruction or send them away from before his face till now.

וַיָּחָן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְרַחֲמֵם֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּ֣פֶן (וַ) va “and”

Then Hazael, king of Aram, came to his end; and Ben-hadad his son became king in his place.

וַיָּ֖מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, took again from Ben-hadad, the son of Hazael, the towns which he had taken from Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Jehoash overcame him and got back the towns of Israel.

וַיָּ֜שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like David his father; he did as Joash his father had done.

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

Now when he became strong in the kingdom, straight away he put to death those servants who had taken the life of the king his father;

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”וַיַּךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”

He put to the sword twelve thousand men of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela in war, naming it Joktheel, as it is to this day.

וְתָפַ֥שׂ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”

And Jehoash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife: and a beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his f

וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַֽתַּעֲבֹ֞ר (וַֽ) va. “and”וַתִּרְמֹ֖ס (וַ) va. “and”

It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

וּֽנְשָׂאֲךָ֖ (וּֽ) u. “and”וְנָ֣פַלְתָּ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But Amaziah gave no attention. So Jehoash, king of Israel, went up, and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, came face to face at Beth-shemesh, which is in Judah.

וַיַּ֨עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְרָא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Judah was overcome before Israel, so that they went in flight, every man to his tent.

וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehoash, king of Israel, made Amaziah, king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, son of Ahaziah, prisoner at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and had the wall of Jerusalem pulled down from the doorway of Ephraim to the door in the angle, four hundred cu

וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְרֹץ֩ (וַ) va “and”

And he took all the gold and silver and all the vessels which were in the house of the Lord and in the store-house of the king, together with those whose lives would be the price of broken faith, and went back to Samaria.

וְלָקַ֣ח (וְ) ve. “and”וַיָּ֖שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

And Jehoash went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son became king in his place.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”