5. He gave Israel a man to save them, and they escaped from the Arameans. The Israelites then lived in their own homes as they had before,
6. but they still did not stop doing the same sins that the family of Jeroboam had done. He had led Israel to sin, and they continued doing those sins. The Asherah idol also was left standing in Samaria.
7. Nothing was left of Jehoahaz’s army except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers. The king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like chaff.
8. Everything else Jehoahaz did and all his victories are written in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.
9. Jehoahaz died and was buried in Samaria, and his son Jehoash became king in his place.
10. Jehoash son of Jehoahaz became king of Israel in Samaria during Joash’s thirty-seventh year as king of Judah. Jehoash ruled sixteen years,
11. and he did what the Lord said was wrong. He did not stop doing the same sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had done. Jeroboam had led Israel to sin, and Jehoash continued to do the same thing.