20
And Elishah died, and they buried him. And the raiding parties of Mo’av would invade the land at the beginning of the shanah.
21
And it came to pass, as they were burying an ish, that, hinei, they spotted a raiding party; and they cast the ish into the kever of Elishah; and when the ish was let down, and touched the atzmot of Elishah, he revived, and stood up alive on his raglayim.
22
But Chazael Melech Aram oppressed Yisroel all days of Yehoachaz.
23
And Hashem was gracious unto them, and had rachamim on them, and showed regard unto them, because of His brit (covenant) with Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya’akov, and would not destroy them, neither cast He them from His presence up to now.
24
So Chazael Melech Aram died; and Ben-Hadad bno reigned as melech in his place.
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