13:1 ユダの王、アハズヤの子ヨアシュの治世第二十三年に、イエフの子ヨアハズがサマリアでイスラエルの王となり、十七年間王位にあった。

13:2 彼は主の目に悪とされることを行い、イスラエルに罪を犯させたネバトの子ヤロブアムの罪に従って歩み、それを離れなかった。

13:3 主はイスラエルに対して怒りを燃やし、彼らを絶えずアラムの王ハザエルの手とハザエルの子ベン・ハダドの手にお渡しになった。

13:4 しかし、ヨアハズが主をなだめたので、主はこれを聞き入れられた。主はイスラエルが圧迫されていること、アラムの王が彼らに圧迫を加えていることを御覧になったからである。

13:5 主はイスラエルに一人の救い手を与えられた。イスラエルの人々はアラムの支配から解放されて、以前のように自分たちの天幕に住めるようになった。

13:6 しかし彼らは、イスラエルに罪を犯させたヤロブアムの家の罪を離れず、それに従って歩み続けた。サマリアにはアシェラ像が立ったままであった。

13:7 主はヨアハズの軍隊として、騎兵五十騎、戦車十台、歩兵一万しか残されなかった。アラムの王が彼らを滅ぼし、踏みつけられる地の塵のようにしたからである。

13:8 ヨアハズの他の事績、彼の行ったすべての事、その功績は、『イスラエルの王の歴代誌』に記されている。

13:9 ヨアハズは先祖と共に眠りにつき、サマリアに葬られた。その子ヨアシュがヨアハズに代わって王となった。

◆イスラエルの王ヨアシュ

13:10 ユダの王ヨアシュの治世第三十七年に、ヨアハズの子ヨアシュがサマリアでイスラエルの王となり、十六年間王位にあった。

13:11 彼は主の目に悪とされることを行い、イスラエルに罪を犯させたネバトの子ヤロブアムの罪を全く離れず、それに従って歩み続けた。

13:12 ヨアシュの他の事績、彼の行ったすべての事、ユダの王アマツヤと戦った功績は、『イスラエルの王の歴代誌』に記されている。

13:13 ヨアシュは先祖と共に眠りにつき、ヤロブアムがその王座についた。ヨアシュはイスラエルの王たちと共にサマリアに葬られた。

◆エリシャの死

13:14 エリシャが死の病を患っていたときのことである。イスラエルの王ヨアシュが下って来て訪れ、彼の面前で、「わが父よ、わが父よ、イスラエルの戦車よ、その騎兵よ」と泣いた。

13:15 エリシャが王に、「弓と矢を取りなさい」と言うので、王は弓と矢を取った。

13:16 エリシャがイスラエルの王に、「弓を手にしなさい」と言うので、彼が弓を手にすると、エリシャは自分の手を王の手の上にのせて、

13:17 「東側の窓を開けなさい」と言った。王が開けると、エリシャは言った。「矢を射なさい。」王が矢を射ると、エリシャは言った。「主の勝利の矢。アラムに対する勝利の矢。あなたはアフェクでアラムを撃ち、滅ぼし尽くす。」

13:18 またエリシャは、「矢を持って来なさい」と言った。王が持って来ると、エリシャはイスラエルの王に、「地面を射なさい」と言った。王は三度地を射てやめた。

13:19 神の人は怒って王に言った。「五度、六度と射るべきであった。そうすればあなたはアラムを撃って、滅ぼし尽くしたであろう。だが今となっては、三度しかアラムを撃ち破ることができない。」

13:20 エリシャは死んで葬られた。その後、モアブの部隊が毎年この地に侵入して来た。

13:21 人々がある人を葬ろうとしていたとき、その部隊を見たので、彼をエリシャの墓に投げ込んで立ち去った。その人はエリシャの骨に触れると生き返り、自分の足で立ち上がった。

◆イスラエルとアラムの戦い

13:22 アラムの王ハザエルはヨアハズの生きている間、絶えずイスラエルに圧迫を加えた。

13:23 しかし、主はアブラハム、イサク、ヤコブと結んだ契約のゆえに、彼らを恵み、憐れみ、御顔を向け、彼らを滅ぼそうとはされず、今に至るまで、御前から捨てることはなさらなかった。

13:24 アラムの王ハザエルは死んで、その子ベン・ハダドが代わって王となった。

13:25 ヨアハズの子ヨアシュは、父ヨアハズの手から奪い取られた町々を、ハザエルの子ベン・ハダドの手から取り返した。ヨアシュは三度彼を撃ち破り、イスラエルの町々を取り返した。

ＮＫＪＶ Ⅱ列 13:1-25

13:1 In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.

13:2 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. He did not depart from them.

13:3 Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-Hadad the son of Hazael, all their days.

13:4 So Jehoahaz pleaded with the Lord, and the Lord listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.

13:5 Then the Lord gave Israel a deliverer, so that they escaped from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before.

13:6 Nevertheless they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who had made Israel sin, but walked in them; and the wooden image also remained in Samaria.

13:7 For He left of the army of Jehoahaz only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.

13:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

13:9 So Jehoahaz rested with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. Then Joash his son reigned in his place.

13:10 In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.

13:11 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, but walked in them.

13:12 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

13:13 So Joash rested with his fathers. Then Jeroboam sat on his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

13:14 Elisha had become sick with the illness of which he would die. Then Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, "O my father, my father, the chariots of Israel and their horsemen!"

13:15 And Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and some arrows." So he took himself a bow and some arrows.

13:16 Then he said to the king of Israel, "Put your hand on the bow." So he put his hand on it, and Elisha put his hands on the king's hands.

13:17 And he said, "Open the east window"; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, "Shoot"; and he shot. And he said, "The arrow of the Lord's deliverance and the arrow of deliverance from Syria; for you must strike the Syrians at Aphek till you have destroyed them."

13:18 Then he said, "Take the arrows"; so he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground"; so he struck three times, and stopped.

13:19 And the man of God was angry with him, and said, "You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it! But now you will strike Syria only three times."

13:20 Then Elisha died, and they buried him. And the raiding bands from Moab invaded the land in the spring of the year.

13:21 So it was, as they were burying a man, that suddenly they spied a band of raiders; and they put the man in the tomb of Elisha; and when the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.

13:22 And Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

13:23 But the Lord was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and regarded them, because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not yet destroy them or cast them from His presence.

13:24 Now Hazael king of Syria died. Then Ben-Hadad his son reigned in his place.

13:25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz recaptured from the hand of Ben-Hadad, the son of Hazael, the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times Joash defeated him and recaptured the cities of Israel.

ＴＥＶ Ⅱ列 13:1-25

13:1 In the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash son of Ahaziah as king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for seventeen years.

13:2 Like King Jeroboam before him, he sinned against the Lord and led Israel into sin; he never gave up his evil ways.

13:3 So the Lord was angry with Israel, and he allowed King Hazael of Syria and his son Benhadad to defeat Israel time after time.

13:4 Then Jehoahaz prayed to the Lord, and the Lord, seeing how harshly the king of Syria was oppressing the Israelites, answered his prayer.

13:5 The Lord sent Israel a leader, who freed them from the Syrians, and so the Israelites lived in peace, as before.

13:6 But they still did not give up the sins into which King Jeroboam had led Israel, but kept on committing them; and the image of the goddess Asherah remained in Samaria.

13:7 Jehoahaz had no armed forces left except fifty cavalry troops, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Syria had destroyed the rest, trampling them down like dust.

13:8 Everything else that Jehoahaz did and all his brave deeds are recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.

13:9 He died and was buried in Samaria, and his son Jehoash succeeded him as king.

13:10 In the thirty-seventh year of the reign of King Joash of Judah, Jehoash son of Jehoahaz became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for sixteen years.

13:11 He too sinned against the Lord and followed the evil example of King Jeroboam, who had led Israel into sin.

13:12 Everything else that Jehoash did, including his bravery in the war against King Amaziah of Judah, is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.

13:13 Jehoash died and was buried in the royal tombs in Samaria, and his son Jeroboam II succeeded him as king.

13:14 The prophet Elisha was sick with a fatal disease, and as he lay dying, King Jehoash of Israel went to visit him. "My father, my father!" he exclaimed as he wept. "You have been the mighty defender of Israel!"

13:15 "Get a bow and some arrows," Elisha ordered him. Jehoash got them,

13:16 and Elisha told him to get ready to shoot. The king did so, and Elisha placed his hands on the king's hands.

13:17 Then, following the prophet's instructions, the king opened the window that faced toward Syria. "Shoot the arrow!" Elisha ordered. As soon as the king shot the arrow, the prophet exclaimed, "You are the Lord's arrow, with which he will win victory over Syria. You will fight the Syrians in Aphek until you defeat them."

13:18 Then Elisha told the king to take the other arrows and strike the ground with them. The king struck the ground three times, and then stopped.

13:19 This made Elisha angry, and he said to the king, "You should have struck five or six times, and then you would have won complete victory over the Syrians; but now you will defeat them only three times."

13:20 Elisha died and was buried. /Every year bands of Moabites used to invade the land of Israel.

13:21 One time during a funeral, one of those bands was seen, and the people threw the corpse into Elisha's tomb and ran off. As soon as the body came into contact with Elisha's bones, the man came back to life and stood up.

13:22 King Hazael of Syria oppressed the Israelites during all of Jehoahaz' reign,

13:23 but the Lord was kind and merciful to them. He would not let them be destroyed, but helped them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has never forgotten his people.

13:24 At the death of King Hazael of Syria his son Benhadad became king.

13:25 Then King Jehoash of Israel defeated Benhadad three times and recaptured the cities that had been taken by Benhadad during the reign of Jehoahaz, the father of Jehoash.