Then Jehoashthe sonof Jehoahaztookagainfrom the handof Ben-hadadthe sonof Hazaelthe citieswhichhe hadtakenin warfrom the handof Jehoahazhis father.ThreetimesJoashdefeatedhim and recoveredthe citiesof Israel.
So they campedoneoveragainstthe othersevendays.And on the seventhdaythe battlewas joined,and the sonsof Israelkilled[of] the Arameans100000footsoldiersin oneday.
In thosedaysthe LORDbeganto cutoff[portions] from Israel;and Hazaeldefeatedthem throughoutthe territoryof Israel:
from the Jordaneastward,allthe landof Gilead,the Gaditesand the Reubenitesand the Manassites,from Aroer,whichis by the valleyof the Arnon,even Gileadand Bashan.
When Hazaelkingof Aramdied,Ben-hadadhis sonbecamekingin his place.
So the angerof the LORDwas kindledagainst Israel,and He gavethem continuallyinto the handof Hazaelkingof Aram,and into the handof Ben-hadadthe sonof Hazael.
The LORDgaveIsraela deliverer,so that they escapedfrom underthe handof the Arameans;and the sonsof Israellivedin their tentsas formerly.
He restoredthe borderof Israelfrom the entranceof Hamathas faras the Seaof the Arabah,according to the wordof the LORD,the Godof Israel,whichHe spokethroughHis servantJonahthe sonof Amittai,the prophet,whowas of Gath-hepher.
