However, they did not depart from the sins that the House of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit; they persisted in them. Even the sacred postasacred post Used in worship of the goddess Asherah. stood in Samaria.
bThis verse would read well after v. 3. In fact, Jehoahaz was left with a force of only fifty riders, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Aram had decimated them and trampled them like the dust under his feet.
He did what was displeasing to GOD; he did not depart from any of the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he persisted in them.
The other events of Joash’s reign, and all his actions, and his exploits in his war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.
Elisha had been stricken with the illness of which he was to die, and King Joash of Israel went down to see him. He wept over him and cried, “Father, father! Israel’s chariots and riders!”cIsrael’s chariots and riders On Elisha as defender of Israel, see chapters 6–8.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואלישע
417
חלה
43
אתחליו
455
אשר
501
ימות
456
בו
8
וירד
220
אליו
47
יואש
317
מלךישראל
631
ויבך
38
עלפניו
246
ויאמר
257
אביאבי
26
רכב
222
ישראל
541
ופרשיו
602
II Kings 13:15
Gematria: 2891
ויאמרלואלישעקחקשתוחציםויקחאליוקשתוחצים
Elisha said to him, “Get a bow and arrows”; and he brought him a bow and arrows.
“Open the window toward the east,” he said; and he opened it. Elisha said, “Shoot!” and he shot. Then he said, “An arrow of victory for GOD ! An arrow of victory over Aram! You shall rout Aram completely at Aphek.”
The agent of God was angry with him and said to him, “If only you had struckdIf only you had struck Lit. “to strike.” five or six times! Then you would have annihilated Aram; as it is, you shall defeat Aram only three times.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויקצף
286
עליו
116
איש
311
האלהים
91
ויאמר
257
להכות
461
חמש
348
אושש
607
פעמים
240
אז
8
הכית
435
אתארם
642
עדכלה
129
ועתה
481
שלש
630
פעמים
240
תכה
425
אתארםפ
722
II Kings 13:20
Gematria: 1948
וימתאלישעויקברהווגדודימואביבאובארץבאשנה
Elisha died and he was buried. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land at the coming of every year.eat the coming of every year Meaning of Heb. uncertain; emendation yields “year by year.”
Once a man was being buried, when the people caught sight of such a band; so they threw the manfthe man I.e., the corpse. into Elisha’s grave and made off.gmade off Heb. “he made off.” When the [dead] man came in contact with Elisha’s bones, he came to life and stood up.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויהי
31
הם
45
קברים
352
איש
311
והנה
66
ראו
207
אתהגדוד
423
וישליכו
382
אתהאיש
717
בקבר
304
אלישע
411
וילך
66
ויגע
89
האיש
316
בעצמות
608
אלישע
411
ויחי
34
ויקם
156
עלרגליופ
429
II Kings 13:22
Gematria: 1600
וחזאלמלךארםלחץאתישראלכלימייהואחז
King Hazael of Aram had oppressed the Israelites throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.
But GOD was gracious and merciful to them, and turned back to them for the sake of the covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. [God] refrained from destroying them, and still did not cast them out from the divine presence.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויחן
74
יהוה
26
אתם
441
וירחמם
304
ויפן
146
אליהם
86
למען
190
בריתו
618
אתאברהם
649
יצחק
208
ויעקב
188
ולא
37
אבה
8
השחיתם
763
ולאהשליכם
442
מעלפניו
286
עדעתה
549
II Kings 13:24
Gematria: 1886
וימתחזאלמלךארםוימלךבןהדדבנותחתיו
When King Hazael of Aram died, his son Ben-hadad succeeded him as king;
and then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz recovered from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the towns that had been taken from his father Jehoahaz in war. Three times Joash defeated him, and he recovered the towns of Israel.