II Kings 13

bishnat esrim veshalosh shanah leyo'ash ben-akhazyahu melekh yehudah malakh yeho'akhaz ben-yehu al-yisra'el beshomeron sheva esreh shanah

In the twenty-third year of King Joash son of Ahaziah of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria—for seventeen years.

vayya'as hara be'ene Adonai vayyelekh akhar khattot yarovam ben-nevat asher-hekheti et-yisra'el lo-sar mimmennah

He did what was displeasing to GOD. He persisted in the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not depart from them.

vayyikhar-af Adonai beyisra'el vayyittenem beyad khaza'el melekh-aram uveyad ben-hadad ben-khaza'el kol-hayyamim

GOD was angry with Israel and repeatedly delivered them into the hands of King Hazael of Aram and into the hands of Ben-hadad son of Hazael.

vayekhal yeho'akhaz et-pene Adonai vayyishma elayw Adonai ki ra'ah et-lakhats yisra'el ki-lakhats otam melekh aram

But Jehoahaz pleaded with GOD; and GOD listened to him, having seen the suffering that the king of Aram inflicted upon Israel.

vayyitten Adonai leyisra'el moshia vayyetse'u mittakhat yad-aram vayyeshevu vene-yisra'el be'oholehem kitmol shilshom

So GOD granted Israel a deliverer, and they gained their freedom from Aram; and Israel dwelt in its homes as before.

akh lo-saru mekhattot bet-yarovam asher-hekheti et-yisra'el bah halakh vegam ha'asherah amedah beshomeron

However, they did not depart from the sins that the House of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit; they persisted in them. Even the sacred post stood in Samaria.

ki lo hishir liho'akhaz am ki im-khamishim parashim va'asarah rekhev va'aseret alafim ragli ki ibbedam melekh aram vayesimem ke'afar ladush

In fact, Jehoahaz was left with a force of only fifty riders, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Aram had decimated them and trampled them like the dust under his feet.

veyeter divre yeho'akhaz vekhol-asher asah ugevurato halo-hem ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yisra'el

The other events of Jehoahaz’s reign, and all his actions and his exploits, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

vayyishkav yeho'akhaz im-avotayw vayyiqberuhu beshomeron vayyimlokh yo'ash beno takhtayw

Jehoahaz rested with his ancestors and he was buried in Samaria; his son Joash succeeded him as king.

bishnat sheloshim vasheva shanah leyo'ash melekh yehudah malakh yeho'ash ben-yeho'akhaz al-yisra'el beshomeron shesh esreh shanah

In the thirty-seventh year of King Joash of Judah, Jehoash son of Jehoahaz became king of Israel in Samaria—for sixteen years.

vayya'aseh hara be'ene Adonai lo sar mikkol-khattovt yarovam ben-nevat asher-hekheti et-yisra'el bah halakh

He did what was displeasing to GOD; he did not depart from any of the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he persisted in them.

veyeter divre yo'ash vekhol-asher asah ugevurato asher nilkham im amatsyah melekh-yehudah halo-hem ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yisra'el

The other events of Joash’s reign, and all his actions, and his exploits in his war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

vayyishkav yo'ash im-avotayw veyarovam yashav al-kiso vayyiqqaver yo'ash beshomeron im malkhe yisra'el

Joash rested with his ancestors and Jeroboam occupied his throne; Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

ve'elisha khalah et-kholyo asher yamut bo vayyered elayw yo'ash melekh-yisra'el vayyevk al-panayw vayyomar avi avi rekhev yisra'el ufarashayw

Elisha had been stricken with the illness of which he was to die, and King Joash of Israel went down to see him. He wept over him and cried, “Father, father! Israel’s chariots and riders!”

vayyomer lo elisha qakh qeshet vekhitsim vayyiqqakh elayw qeshet vekhitsim

Elisha said to him, “Get a bow and arrows”; and he brought him a bow and arrows.

vayyomer lemelekh yisra'el harkev yadekha al-haqqeshet vayyarkev yado vayyasem elisha yadayw al-yede hammelekh

Then he said to the king of Israel, “Grasp the bow!” And when he had grasped it, Elisha put his hands over the king’s hands.

vayyomer petakh hakhallon qedemah vayyiftakh vayyomer elisha yereh vayyor vayyomer khets-teshu'ah la-Adonai vekhets teshu'ah va'aram vehikkita et-aram ba'afeq ad-kalleh

“Open the window toward the east,” he said; and he opened it. Elisha said, “Shoot!” and he shot. Then he said, “An arrow of victory for GOD ! An arrow of victory over Aram! You shall rout Aram completely at Aphek.”

vayyomer qakh hakhitsim vayyiqqakh vayyomer lemelekh-yisra'el hakh-artsah vayyakh shalosh-pe'amim vayya'amod

He said, “Now pick up the arrows.” And he picked them up. “Strike the ground!” he said to the king of Israel; and he struck three times and stopped.

vayyiqtsof alayw ish ha'elohim vayyomer lehakkot khamesh o-shesh pe'amim az hikkita et-aram ad-kalleh ve'attah shalosh pe'amim takkeh et-aram

The agent of God was angry with him and said to him, “If only you had struck five or six times! Then you would have annihilated Aram; as it is, you shall defeat Aram only three times.”

vayyamot elisha vayyiqberuhu ugedude mo'av yavo'u va'arets ba shanah

Elisha died and he was buried. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land at the coming of every year.

vayehi hem qoverim ish vehinneh ra'u et-haggedud vayyashlikhu et-ha'ish beqever elisha vayyelekh vayyigga ha'ish be'atsmot elisha vayekhi vayyaqom al-raglayw

Once a man was being buried, when the people caught sight of such a band; so they threw the man into Elisha’s grave and made off. When the [dead] man came in contact with Elisha’s bones, he came to life and stood up.

vakhaza'el melekh aram lakhats et-yisra'el kol yeme yeho'akhaz

King Hazael of Aram had oppressed the Israelites throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.

vayyakhon Adonai otam vayerakhamem vayyifen alehem lema'an berito et-avraham yitskhaq veya'aqov velo avah hashkhitam velo-hishlikham me'al-panayw ad-attah

But GOD was gracious and merciful to them, and turned back to them for the sake of the covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. [God] refrained from destroying them, and still did not cast them out from the divine presence.

vayyamot khaza'el melekh-aram vayyimlokh ben-hadad beno takhtayw

When King Hazael of Aram died, his son Ben-hadad succeeded him as king;

vayyashov yeho'ash ben-yeho'akhaz vayyiqqakh et-he'arim miyyad ben-hadad ben-khaza'el asher laqakh miyyad yeho'akhaz aviv bammilkhamah shalosh pe'amim hikkahu yo'ash vayyashev et-are yisra'el

and then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz recovered from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the towns that had been taken from his father Jehoahaz in war. Three times Joash defeated him, and he recovered the towns of Israel.