10. In Joash’s thirty-seventh year as king of Judah, Jehoahaz’s son Jehoash began to rule Israel in Samaria. He ruled for 16 years.
11. He did what the Lord considered evil and never gave up committing the sins that Jer o boam led Israel to commit. He continued to commit them.
12. Isn’t everything else about Jehoash—everything he did, his heroic acts when he fought against King Amaziah of Judah—written in the official records of the kings of Israel?
13. Jehoash lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with the kings of Israel in Samaria. Then Jer o boam claimed the throne.
14. Elisha became fatally ill. King Jehoash of Israel visited him, cried over him, and said, “Master! Master! Israel’s chariot and horses!”
15. Elisha told him, “Get a bow and some arrows.” So he got a bow and some arrows.
16. Then Elisha told the king of Israel, “Take the bow in your hand.” So the king picked up the bow. Elisha laid his hands on the king’s hands.
17. Elisha said, “Open the window that faces east.” So the king opened it. “Shoot,” Elisha said, and the king shot. Then Elisha said, “That is the arrow of the Lord’s victory, the arrow of victory against Aram. You will completely defeat the Arameans at Aphek.”