⁴ Then Jehoahaz sought^(A) the Lord’s favor, and the Lord listened to him, for he saw^(B) how severely the king of Aram was oppressing^(C) Israel. ⁵ The Lord provided a deliverer^(D) 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^(E) of the house of Jeroboam, which he had caused Israel to commit; they continued in them. Also, the Asherah pole^[a](F) remained standing in Samaria.