Jehoahaz Reigns in Israel

13 In the twenty-third year of ^(A)Joash^[a] the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, ^(B)Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. ² And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and followed the ^(C)sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. He did not ^[b]depart from them.

³ Then ^(D)the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He delivered them into the hand of ^(E)Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of ^(F)Ben-Hadad the son of Hazael, all their days. ⁴ So Jehoahaz ^(G)pleaded with the Lord, and the Lord listened to him; for ^(H)He saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. ^5 (I)Then the Lord gave Israel a deliverer, so that they escaped from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before. ⁶ Nevertheless they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who had made Israel sin, but walked in them; ^(J)and the ^[c]wooden image also remained in Samaria. ⁷ For He left of the army of Jehoahaz only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Syria had destroyed them ^(K)and made them ^(L)like the dust at threshing.

⁸ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? ⁹ So Jehoahaz ^[d]rested with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. Then ^[e]Joash his son reigned in his place.