1In the twenty-third year of Joash son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned seventeen years.2He did what was bad in the eyes of the LORD and walked after the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he caused Israel to sin; he did not turn aside from it.3The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, so he gave them into the hand of Hazael king of Aram and into the hand of Ben-hadad son of Hazael throughout all those days.4Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him, because he saw the oppression of Israel, since the king of Aram was oppressing them.5The LORD therefore provided Israel with a deliverer, and they escaped from under the hand of Aram; the sons of Israel lived in their tents as in former times.6Yet they did not turn aside from the sins of the house of Jeroboam by which he caused Israel to sin; they continued in them, and the Asherah also remained standing in Samaria.7For the king of Aram had left Jehoahaz with only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because he had destroyed them and reduced them to dust to be trampled.8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?9Jehoahaz lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Joash reigned in his place.