² Now the Arameans on one of their raids had taken a young girl captive from the land of Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife.

²³ So he prepared for them a great feast; after they ate and drank, he sent them on their way, and they went to their master. And the Arameans no longer came raiding into the land of Israel.^(A)

²⁰ So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year.^(A)

¹⁷ And raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies; one company turned toward Ophrah to the land of Shual,^{(A) 18} another company turned toward Beth-horon, and another company turned toward the mountain^[a] that looks down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.^(B)

³⁴ So Abimelech and all the troops with him got up by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.