These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
2 Kings 13
Tanakh 25 verses
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In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, of , Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over in , and reigned seventeen years.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of , and followed the sins of the son of Nebat, wherewith he made to sin; he departed not therefrom.
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- 3 And the anger of was kindled against , and He delivered them into the hand of Hazael of Aram, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, continually.
- 4 And Jehoahaz besought , and hearkened unto him; for He saw the oppression of , how that the of Aram oppressed them.—
- 5 And gave a deliverer, so that they went out from under the hand of the Arameans; and the children of dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
- 6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of , wherewith he made to sin, but walked therein; and there remained the Asherah also in .—
- 7 For there was not left to Jehoahaz of the people fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the of Aram destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing.
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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of ?
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And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in ; and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
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- 10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash of began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over in , and reigned sixteen years.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of ; he departed not from all the sins of the son of Nebat, wherewith he made to sin; but he walked therein.
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Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah of , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of ?
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And Joash slept with his fathers; and sat upon his throne; and Joash was buried in with the kings of .
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- 14 Now was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he was to die; and Joash the of came down unto him, and wept over him, and said: ‘My father, my father, the chariots of and the horsemen thereof!’
- 15 And said unto him: ‘Take bow and arrows’; and he took unto him bow and arrows.
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And he said to the of : ‘Put thy hand upon the bow’; and he put his hand upon it. And laid his hands upon the king’s hands.
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- 17 And he said: ‘Open the window eastward’; and he opened it. Then said: ‘Shoot’; and he shot. And he said: ‘The LORD’S arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory against Aram; for thou shalt smite the Arameans in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.’
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And he said: ‘Take the arrows’; and he took them. And he said unto the of : ‘Smite upon the ground’; and he smote thrice, and stayed.
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And the man of was wroth with him, and said: ‘Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Aram till thou hadst consumed it; whereas now thou shalt smite Aram but thrice.’
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And died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites used to invade the land at the coming in of the year.
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And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of ; and as soon as the man touched the bones of , he revived, and stood up on his feet.
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And Hazael of Aram oppressed all the days of Jehoahaz.
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But was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of His with , , and , and would not destroy them, neither hath He cast them from His presence until now.
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2 Kings 14:27 Genesis 13:16-17 Genesis 17:2-5 Exodus 2:24-25 2 Kings 17:18 2 Kings 24:20 1 Kings 8:28 Exodus 3:6-7 Exodus 34:6-7 Luke 1:54-55 Micah 7:18-20 Jeremiah 12:15 Matthew 25:41 Luke 1:72-73 Isaiah 30:18-19 Leviticus 26:42 Nehemiah 9:31-32 Psalm 86:15 Genesis 6:3 Psalm 51:11 Genesis 17:7-8 Psalm 105:8 Lamentations 3:32 2 Thessalonians 1:9 Deuteronomy 32:36 Exodus 32:13-14 Exodus 33:19 Judges 10:16 -
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And Hazael of Aram died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead.
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And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of 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. Three times did Joash smite him, and recovered the cities of .
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