22. Now Hazael, the king of Syria, afflicted Israel during all the days of Jehoahaz.
23. But the Lord took pity on them, and he returned to them, because of his covenant, which he had made with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. And he was not willing to destroy them, nor to cast them out completely, even to the present time.
24. Then Hazael, the king of Syria, died. And Benhadad, his son, reigned in his place.
25. Now Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, by a just war, took the cities from the hand of Benhadad, the son of Hazael, which he had taken from the hand of Jehoahaz, his father. Jehoash struck him three times, and he restored the cities to Israel.