2 Kings 12:17-13:13

New International Version

¹⁷ About this time Hazael^(A) king of Aram went up and attacked Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem. ¹⁸ But Joash king of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his predecessors—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—and the gifts he himself had dedicated and all the gold found in the treasuries of the temple of the Lord and of the royal palace, and he sent^(B) them to Hazael king of Aram, who then withdrew^(C) from Jerusalem.

¹⁹ As for the other events of the reign of Joash, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? ²⁰ His officials^(D) conspired against him and assassinated^(E) him at Beth Millo,^(F) on the road down to Silla. ²¹ The officials who murdered him were Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer. He died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as king.

Jehoahaz King of Israel

13 In the twenty-third year of Joash son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years. ² He did evil^(G) in the eyes of the Lord by following the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit, and he did not turn away from them. ³ So the Lord’s anger^(H) burned against Israel, and for a long time he kept them under the power^(I) of Hazael king of Aram and Ben-Hadad^(J) his son.

⁴ Then Jehoahaz sought^(K) the Lord’s favor, and the Lord listened to him, for he saw^(L) how severely the king of Aram was oppressing^(M) Israel. ⁵ The Lord provided a deliverer^(N) for Israel, and they escaped from the power of Aram. So the Israelites lived in their own homes as they had before. ⁶ But they did not turn away from the sins^(O) of the house of Jeroboam, which he had caused Israel to commit; they continued in them. Also, the Asherah pole^[a](P) remained standing in Samaria.

⁷ Nothing had been left^(Q) of the army of Jehoahaz except fifty horsemen, ten chariots and ten thousand foot soldiers, for the king of Aram had destroyed the rest and made them like the dust^(R) at threshing time.

⁸ As for the other events of the reign of Jehoahaz, all he did and his achievements, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? ⁹ Jehoahaz rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria. And Jehoash^[b] his son succeeded him as king.

Jehoash King of Israel

¹⁰ In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash son of Jehoahaz became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years. ¹¹ He did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit; he continued in them.

¹² As for the other events of the reign of Jehoash, all he did and his achievements, including his war against Amaziah^(S) king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals^(T) of the kings of Israel? ¹³ Jehoash rested with his ancestors, and Jeroboam^(U) succeeded him on the throne. Jehoash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.