Jehu<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Come with me and see how zealous I am for the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s cause.&#8221;<n id="2" /> So he<n id="3" /> took him along in his chariot.

But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah&#8217;s reign, such a Passover of the <sc>Lordsc> was observed in Jerusalem.p>

He was still talking to them when<n id="1" /> the messenger approached<n id="2" /> and said, &#8220;Look, the <sc>Lordsc> is responsible for this disaster!<n id="3" /> Why should I continue to wait for the <sc>Lordsc> to help?&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Jehoiada then drew up a covenant between the <sc>Lordsc> and the king and people, stipulating that they should be loyal to the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The king ordered all the people, &#8220;Observe the Passover of the <sc>Lordsc> your God, as prescribed in this scroll of the covenant.&#8221;

Jehoshaphat asked, &#8220;Is there no prophet of the <sc>Lordsc> here that we might seek the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s direction?&#8221;<n id="1" /> One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, &#8220;Elisha son of Shapat is here; he used to be Elijah&#8217;s servant.&#8221;<n id="2" />

Naaman said, &#8220;If not, then please give your servant a load of dirt, enough for a pair of mules to carry,<n id="1" /> for your servant will never again offer a burnt offering or sacrifice to a god other than the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />

Elisha<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Open the east window,&#8221; and he did so.<n id="2" /> Elisha said, &#8220;Shoot!&#8221; andp> <p class="bodytext">he did so.<n id="3" /> Elisha<n id="4" /> said, &#8220;This arrow symbolizes the victory the <sc>Lordsc> will give you over Syria.<n id="5" /> You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!&#8221;<n id="6" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">This happened because the Israelites sinned against the <sc>Lordsc> their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of<n id="1" /> Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped<n id="2" /> other gods;