¹⁷ At that time ^(A)Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath and took it. But when Hazael set his face ^(B)to go up against Jerusalem,

Joash Assassinated

²³ At the end of the year ^(A)the army of the Syrians came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus. ²⁴ Though the army of the Syrians had come with few men, ^(B)the Lord delivered into their hand a very great army, ^(C)because Judah^[a] had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. Thus they ^(D)executed judgment on Joash.

⁵³ But ^(A)the people did not receive him, because ^(B)his face was set toward Jerusalem.

A Samaritan Village Rejects Jesus

⁵¹ When the days drew near for ^(A)him to be taken up, ^(B)he set his face ^(C)to go to Jerusalem.

¹⁵ then hear the word of the Lord, O remnant of Judah. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^(A)If you set your faces to enter Egypt ^(B)and go to live there,

David Defeats His Enemies

18 ^(A)After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines.

¹³ and Beriah and ^(A)Shema (they were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of ^(B)Aijalon, who caused the inhabitants of Gath to flee);

¹² And Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know ^(A)the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword ^(B)and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.” ¹³ And Hazael said, “What is your servant, ^(C)who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha answered, ^(D)“The Lord has shown me that you are to be king over Syria.” ¹⁴ Then he departed from Elisha and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he answered, “He told me ^(E)that you would certainly recover.” ¹⁵ But the next day he took the bed cloth^[a] and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, till he died. And Hazael became king in his place.

¹⁷ And the one who escapes from ^(A)the sword of Hazael ^(B)shall Jehu put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu ^(C)shall Elisha put to death.