22 Aram’s King Haza’el oppressed Yisrael all through Yehoahaz’s reign, 23 but Yahweh showed favour to the Israelis and felt compassionate towards them. Because of his agreement with Abraham, Yitshak, and Yacob, he didn’t want to destroy them, and he hasn’t tossed them out even to this day.

24 When Aram’s King Haza’el died, his son Ben-Hadad replaced him as king. 25 Then Yehoahaz’s son Yehoash attacked Aram three times, and he took back the cities from Haza’el’s son Ben-Hadad that had been taken in the war in his father Yehoahaz’s time.