2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jerobo´am the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
3 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Haz´a-el king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben–ha´dad the son of Haz´a-el, all their days.
4 And Jeho´ahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
5 (And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jerobo´am, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)
7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jeho´ahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
8 Now the rest of the acts of Jeho´ahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?