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In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became king over Israel at Samaria, and he reigned for seventeen years.

He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ^(C1)into which he misled Israel; he did not turn from them.

^(C1)So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He continually handed them over to ^(C2)Hazael king of Aram, and to ^(C3)Ben-hadad, the son of Hazael.

Then ^(C1)Jehoahaz appeased the LORD, and the LORD listened to him; for ^(C2)He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them.

And the LORD gave Israel a ^(F1)(C1)savior, so that they ^(F2)escaped from under the hand of the Arameans; and the sons of Israel lived in their tents as previously.

Nevertheless they did not abandon the sins of the house of Jeroboam, ^(C1)into which he misled Israel; rather, they walked in ^(F1)them; and ^(C2)the ^(F2)Asherah also remained standing in Samaria.

For he left to Jehoahaz no more of the ^(F1)army than fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand infantry, because the king of Aram had eliminated them and ^(C1)made them like the dust at threshing.

Now as for 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 Israel?

And Jehoahaz ^(F1)lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and his son Joash became king in his place.