28. He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against HAZAEL king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.

29. King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against HAZAEL king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of HAZAEL king of Syria;

32. In those days the LORD began to cut away parts of Israel; and HAZAEL struck them in all the borders of Israel;

33. from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

17. Then HAZAEL king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and HAZAEL set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

18. Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of The LORD's house, and of the king's house, and sent it to HAZAEL king of Syria; and he went away from Jerusalem.

3. The LORD's anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of HAZAEL king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of HAZAEL, continually.

4. Jehoahaz begged The LORD, and the LORD listened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them.

5. (The LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before.

6. Nevertheless they didn't depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin, but walked in them; and the Asherah also remained in Samaria.)

7. For he didn't leave to Jehoahaz of the people any more than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing.

8. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

9. Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria; and Joash his son reigned in his place.

10. In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria for sixteen years.

11. He did that which was evil in The LORD's sight. He didn't depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; but he walked in them.

12. Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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

14. Now Elisha became sick with the illness of which he died; and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!"

15. Elisha said to him, "Take bow and arrows"; and he took bow and arrows for himself.

16. He said to the king of Israel, "Put your hand on the bow"; and he put his hand on it. Elisha laid his hands on the king's hands.

17. He said, "Open the window eastward"; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, "Shoot!" and he shot. He said, "The LORD's arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you will strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them."

18. He said, "Take the arrows"; and he took them. He said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground"; and he struck three times, and stopped.

19. The man of God was angry with him, and said, "You should have struck five or six times. Then you would have struck Syria until you had consumed it; whereas now you will strike Syria just three times."

20. Elisha died, and they buried him.Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

21. As they were burying a man, behold, they saw a band of raiders; and they threw the man into Elisha's tomb. As soon as the man touched Elisha's bones, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

22. HAZAEL king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

5. He also followed their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against HAZAEL king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.

6. He returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against HAZAEL king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.