11. He did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes. He didn’t deviate from all the sins that Jeroboam, Nebat’s son, had caused Israel to commit, but he walked in them!
12. The rest of Joash’s deeds, all that he accomplished, and his powerful acts—how he fought against Judah’s King Amaziah—aren’t they written in the official records of Israel’s kings?
13. Joash lay down with his ancestors, and Jeroboam followed him on the throne. Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
14. Now Elisha became sick with the illness that would kill him. So Israel’s King Joash went down to see him. Joash cried over Elisha, saying, "Oh, my father, my father! Israel’s chariots and its riders!"
15. Elisha told Joash, "Get a bow and some arrows." So he brought Elisha a bow and some arrows.
16. Elisha then said to Israel’s king, "Put your hand on the bow." So Joash put his hand on the bow. Elisha then put his hands over the king’s hands
17. and said, "Open the window to the east." The king did so. "Now shoot!" Elisha told him. Joash shot, then Elisha announced, "That’s the Lord’s rescue arrow! The rescue arrow against the Arameans! You will finish the Arameans off at Aphek."
18. Then Elisha said, "Take the arrows!" so Joash took them. Elisha then said to Israel’s king, "Hit the ground with them!" Joash hit the ground three times and stopped.
19. The man of God became angry with him. He said, "If only you had struck five or six times, you would have finished the Arameans off. As it is, you will defeat them only three times."