2 Kings 13:18-20

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁸ Elisha said, “Take the arrows.” Jehoash took the arrows. Then Elisha said to him, “Hit on the ground.”

Jehoash hit the ground three times. Then he stopped. ¹⁹ The man of God was angry with Jehoash. Elisha said, “You should have hit five or six times! Then you would have defeated Aram until you destroyed it! But now, you will defeat Aram only three times.”

An Amazing Thing at Elisha’s Grave

²⁰ Elisha died, and the people buried him.

One time in the spring a group of Moabite soldiers came to fight against Israel.