1 In the three and twentieth year of Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] the son of Achazyah [Yehovah possesses] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] Y’ho’achaz [Yehovah has seized] the son of Yehu [Yehovah is He] began to reign over Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] in Shomron [watch mountain], [and reigned] seventeen years.

2 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and followed the sins of Yarov’am [the people will contend] the son of N’vat [aspect], which made Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] to sin; he departed not from them.

3 And the anger of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) was kindled against Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and he delivered them into the hand of Haza’el [one who sees God] king of Aram (Syria) [exalted], and into the hand of Ben-Hadad [son of the (false god) Hadad] the son of Haza’el [one who sees God], all [their] days.

4 And Y’ho’achaz [Yehovah has seized] besought the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) listened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], because the king of Aram (Syria) [exalted] oppressed them.

5 (And the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) gave Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Aram [Syrians]: and the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] dwelt in their tents, as formerly.

6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Yarov’am [the people will contend], who made Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] sin, [but] walked in it: and there remained the grove also in Shomron [watch mountain].)

7 Neither did he leave of the people to Y’ho’achaz [Yehovah has seized] but only fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Aram (Syria) [exalted] had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.

8 Now the rest of the acts of Y’ho’achaz [Yehovah has seized], and all that he did, and his might, [are] they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]?

9 And Y’ho’achaz [Yehovah has seized] slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Shomron [watch mountain]: and Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] his son reigned in his place.

10 In the thirty and seventh year of Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] began Y’ho’ash [given by the Lord] the son of Y’ho’achaz [Yehovah has seized] to reign over Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] in Shomron [watch mountain], [and reigned] sixteen years.

11 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); he departed not from all the sins of Yarov’am [the people will contend] the son of N’vat [aspect], who made Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] sin: [but] he walked in it.

12 And the rest of the acts of Yo’ash [Given by the Lord], and all that he did, and his might which he fought against Amatzyah [Yehovah is mighty] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], [are] they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]?

13 And Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] slept with his fathers; and Yarov’am [the people will contend] sat upon his throne: and Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] was buried in Shomron [watch mountain] with the kings of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].

14 Now Eli-sha [my God is salvation] was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and the horsemen thereof.

15 And Eli-sha [my God is salvation] said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.

16 And he said to the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], Put youri hand upon the bow. And he put his hand [upon it]: and Eli-sha [my God is salvation] put his hands upon the king’s hands.

17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened [it]. Then Eli-sha [my God is salvation] said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD-Yehōvah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Aram (Syria) [exalted]: for youi shall strike the Aram [Syrians] in Aphek [Enclosure], till youi have consumed [them].

18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took [them]. And he said unto the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], Strike upon the ground. And he struck thrice, and stopped.

19 And the man of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] was exceedingly angry with him, and said, youi should have smitten five or six times; then had youi smitten Aram (Syria) [exalted] till youi had consumed [it]: whereas now youi shall strike Aram (Syria) [exalted] [but] thrice.

20 And Eli-sha [my God is salvation] died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Mo’avi [of his father] invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band [of men]; and they cast the man into the sepulcher of Eli-sha [my God is salvation]: and when the man hinder (or obstruct) down, and touched the bones of Eli-sha [my God is salvation], he revived, and stood up on his feet.

22 But Haza’el [one who sees God] king of Aram (Syria) [exalted] oppressed Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] all the days of Y’ho’achaz [Yehovah has seized].

23 And the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Avraham [Exalted Father], Yitz’khak [Laughter], and Ya’akov [Heal of God], and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

24 So Haza’el [one who sees God] king of Aram (Syria) [exalted] died; and Ben-Hadad [son of the (false god) Hadad] his son reigned in his stead.

25 And Y’ho’ash [given by the Lord] the son of Y’ho’achaz [Yehovah has seized] took again out of the hand of Ben-Hadad [son of the (false god) Hadad] the son of Haza’el [one who sees God] the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Y’ho’achaz [Yehovah has seized] his father by war. Three times did Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] beat him, and recovered the cities of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].