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."
20. So Elisha died, and he was buried.Sometimes Moabite raiding parties used to come into the land each spring.
21. Now it happened once that while a man was being buried, the people at the funeral suddenly saw a raiding party. They threw the body into Elisha’s tomb and ran off. When the body touched Elisha’s bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet!
22. Aram’s King Hazael had oppressed Israel throughout Jehoahaz’s rule.
23. But the Lord was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, turning back to them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; he didn’t want to destroy them or throw them out of his presence until now.
24. Aram’s King Hazael died. His son Ben-hadad succeeded him as king.
25. Then Jehoahaz’s son Joash recaptured from Hazael’s son Ben-hadad those cities that Hazael had won in battle from Joash’s father Jehoahaz. Joash attacked Ben-hadad three times and took back these Israelite cities.