²² Hazael, the king of Aram, treated Israel badly. He did it the whole time Jehoahaz was king. ²³ But the Lord helped Israel. He was tender and kind to them. He showed concern for them. He did all these things because of the covenant he had made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To this day he hasn’t been willing to destroy Israel. And he hasn’t driven them out of his land.

²⁴ Hazael, the king of Aram, died. His son Ben-Hadad became the next king after him. ²⁵ Then Jehoash won back some towns from Ben-Hadad, the son of Hazael. Ben-Hadad had captured them in battle from Jehoahaz, the father of Jehoash. Jehoash won three battles over Ben-Hadad. So Jehoash won back the Israelite towns.