Death of Jehu

³² In those days the Lord began to cut off parts of Israel; and ^(A)Hazael conquered them in all the territory of Israel

¹² And Hazael said, “Why is my lord weeping?”

He answered, “Because I know ^(A)the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you ^(B)will dash their children, and rip open their women with child.”

^17 (A)It shall be that whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu will ^(B)kill; and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, ^(C)Elisha will kill.

²⁵ And ^[a]Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz recaptured from the hand of Ben-Hadad, the son of Hazael, the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. ^(A)Three times Joash defeated him and recaptured the cities of Israel.

Israel Recaptures Cities from Syria

²² And ^(A)Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

²⁵ He ^(A)restored the ^[a]territory of Israel ^(B)from the entrance of Hamath to ^(C)the^[b] Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which He had spoken through His servant ^(D)Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet who was from ^(E)Gath Hepher.