2 Kings 13

1 After Joash had been ruling Judah for almost 23 years, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for 17 years.

in/on/with year twenty and three year to/for Joash son: child Ahaziah king Judah to reign Jehoahaz son: child Jehu upon Israel in/on/with Samaria seven ten year

2 He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil and committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins which led the people of Israel to sin. He did not stop committing those sins.

and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and to go: follow after sin Jeroboam son: child Nebat which to sin [obj] Israel not to turn aside: depart from her

3 So Yahweh became very angry with the Israeli people, and he allowed the army of King Hazael of Syria and his son Ben-Hadad to defeat the Israelis many times.

and to be incensed face: anger LORD in/on/with Israel and to give: give them in/on/with hand: power Hazael king Syria and in/on/with hand: power Ben-hadad Ben-hadad son: child Hazael all [the] day: always

4 Then Jehoahaz prayed to Yahweh [for help], and Yahweh heeded him, because he saw that the army of the king of Syria was oppressing the Israelis.

and to beg Jehoahaz [obj] face of LORD and to hear: hear to(wards) him LORD for to see: see [obj] oppression Israel for to oppress [obj] them king Syria

5 Yahweh sent a leader to Israel, who enabled them to be freed from being controlled by Syria. After that, the Israeli people lived peacefully as they had done previously.

and to give: give LORD to/for Israel to save and to come out: come from underneath: owning hand: owner Syria and to dwell son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with tent: home their like/as yesterday three days ago

6 But they still continued to commit the same kind of sins that Jeroboam and his family had committed and which led the Israelis to [also] sin. And the statue of the goddess Asherah remained in Samaria.

surely not to turn aside: depart from sin house: household Jeroboam which (to sin *Q(k)*) [obj] Israel in/on/with her to go: walk and also [the] Asherah to stand: stand in/on/with Samaria

7 Jehoahaz had only 50 men who rode on horses and ten chariots and 10,000 other soldiers, because the army of Syria had killed all the rest, trampling them like people walk on dirt.

for not to remain to/for Jehoahaz people: soldiers that if: except if: except fifty horseman and ten chariot and ten thousand on foot for to perish them king Syria and to set: make them like/as dust to/for to tread

8 [If you want to read about] [RHQ] everything else that Jehoahaz did, you can read about it in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.

and remainder word: deed Jehoahaz and all which to make: do and might his not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book Chronicles [the] day to/for king Israel

9 Jehoahaz died [EUP] and was buried in Samaria. Then his son Jehoash became the king.

and to lie down: be dead Jehoahaz with father his and to bury him in/on/with Samaria and to reign Joash son: child his underneath: instead him

10 Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, started to rule in Israel after King Joash had been ruling in Judah for 23 years. Jehoash ruled in Samaria for 17 years.

in/on/with year thirty and seven year to/for Joash king Judah to reign Jehoash son: child Jehoahaz upon Israel in/on/with Samaria six ten year

11 He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He refused to turn away from worshiping idols, which was the sin that [many years earlier King] Jeroboam had told the Israeli people to commit.

and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD not to turn aside: depart from all sin Jeroboam son: child Nebat which to sin [obj] Israel in/on/with her to go: walk

12 The other things that happened while Jehoash was king and all the things that he did are written in the book called ‘The Account of What the Kings of Israel Did’. In that account they wrote about Jehoash’s [army’s] victories, and their war with [the army of] King Amaziah of Judah.

and remainder word: deed Joash and all which to make: do and might his which to fight with Amaziah king Judah not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book Chronicles [the] day to/for king Israel

13 When Jehoash died, he was buried in Samaria where the [other] kings of Israel were buried. Then his son Jeroboam became king.

and to lie down: be dead Joash with father his and Jeroboam to dwell upon throne his and to bury Joash in/on/with Samaria with king Israel

14 Elisha became very ill. Just before he died, King Jehoash went to Elisha and cried in front of him. [Saying the same words that Elisha had said when Elijah was taken to heaven], he said, “My father/master! My father/master! The chariots of us Israeli people and their drivers [are taking my master away]!”

and Elisha be weak: ill [obj] sickness his which to die in/on/with him and to go down to(wards) him Joash king Israel and to weep upon face his and to say father my father my chariot Israel and horseman his

15 Elisha said to him, “Bring to me a bow and some arrows!” So the king did that.

and to say to/for him Elisha to take: take bow and arrow and to take: take to(wards) him bow and arrow

16 Then Elisha told the king to put his hands on the bow [and prepare to shoot some arrows]. And then Elisha put his own hands on the king’s hands.

and to say to/for king Israel to ride hand your upon [the] bow and to ride hand his and to set: put Elisha hand his upon hand [the] king

17 Then Elisha told him, “[Have someone] open that window toward the east.” So they opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” So the king did. Then Elisha said, “That is the arrow that [indicates that your army] will defeat the Syrian army. Your army will completely defeat their [army] at Aphek [town].”

and to say to open [the] window east [to] and to open and to say Elisha to shoot and to shoot and to say arrow deliverance: victory to/for LORD and arrow deliverance: victory in/on/with Syria and to smite [obj] Syria in/on/with Aphek till to end: destroy

18 Then Elisha said, “Pick up the other arrows and strike the ground with them!” So the king picked up the arrows and struck the ground three times.

and to say to take: take [the] arrow and to take: take and to say to/for king Israel to smite land: soil [to] and to smite three beat and to stand: stand

19 But Elisha was angry with him. He exclaimed, “You should have struck the ground five or six times! If you had done that, your army would have defeated the Syrian [army] until they were completely wiped out! But now, [because you struck the ground only three times, ] your army will defeat them only three times!”

and be angry upon him man [the] God and to say to/for to smite five or six beat then to smite [obj] Syria till to end: destroy and now three beat to smite [obj] Syria

20 Then Elisha died and was buried. Groups of raiders from Moab came to Israel each year during (spring/the time when the cold season was ending).

and to die Elisha and to bury him and band Moab to come (in): come in/on/with land: country/planet to come (in): come year

21 One year, when some Israeli people were burying a man’s body, they saw a group of those raiders. [They were afraid, ] so quickly they threw that man’s body into the tomb where Elisha [had been buried, and they ran away]. But as soon as the man’s body touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man became alive again and jumped up!

and to be they(masc.) to bury man and behold to see: see [obj] [the] band and to throw [obj] [the] man in/on/with grave Elisha and to go: went and to touch [the] man in/on/with bone Elisha and to live and to arise: establish upon foot his

22 King Hazael of Syria [sent soldiers to] oppress the Israeli people all during the years that Jehoahaz [ruled Judah].

and Hazael king Syria to oppress [obj] Israel all day Jehoahaz

23 But Yahweh was very kind [DOU] to the Israeli people. He helped them because of the agreement that he had made with [their ancestors] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He did not get rid of the Israelis, and he still has not rejected them.

and be gracious LORD with them and to have compassion them and to turn to(wards) them because covenant his with Abraham Isaac and Jacob and not be willing to ruin them and not to throw them from upon face: before his till now

24 When Hazael the king of Syria died, his son Ben-Hadad became the king.

and to die Hazael king Syria and to reign Ben-hadad Ben-hadad son: child his underneath: instead him

25 [The army of] King Jehoash of Israel defeated [the army of] King Ben-Hadad three times, and recaptured the cities that Ben-Hadad’s army had captured during the time that Jehoash’s father Jehoahaz was ruling Israel.

and to return: again Jehoash son: child Jehoahaz and to take: take [obj] [the] city from hand: to Ben-hadad Ben-hadad son: child Hazael which to take: take from hand: to Jehoahaz father his in/on/with battle three beat to smite him Joash and to return: rescue [obj] city Israel