When they approached the Israelite camp, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who then ran from them. The Israelites thoroughly defeated Moab.

He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, a horrible sin practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.

they observed the practices of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before Israel, and followed the example of the kings of Israel.

He issued this edict because a Passover like this had not been observed since the days of the judges; it was neglected for the entire period of the kings of Israel and Judah.

When Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home.

At that time King Jehoram left Samaria and assembled all Israel for war.

Raiding parties went out from Syria and took captive from the land of Israel a young girl, who became a servant to Naaman’s wife.

Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.

When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “Should I strike them down, my master?”

In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel’s territory. Hazael attacked their eastern border.

Jehu reigned over Israel for twenty-eight years in Samaria.

Now King Hazael of Syria oppressed Israel throughout Jehoahaz’s reign.

Jeroboam passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah replaced him as king.

The rest of the events of Zechariah’s reign are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not to the same degree as the Israelite kings who preceded him.

The Israelites followed in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and did not repudiate them.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.

Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Why are you here? Go to your father’s prophets or your mother’s prophets!” The king of Israel replied to him, “No, for the Lord is the one who summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to Moab.”

One of his advisers replied, “Pick some men and have them take five of the horses that are left in the city. (Even if they are killed, their fate will be no different than that of all the Israelite people – we’re all going to die!) Let’s send them out so we can know for sure what’s going on.”