2 Kings 13:18-20

New International Reader's Version

¹⁸ Elisha continued, “Get some arrows.” So the king did. Elisha told him, “Strike the ground.” Jehoash struck it three times. Then he stopped. ¹⁹ The man of God was angry with him. He said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have won the war over Aram. You would have completely destroyed them. But now you will win only three battles over them.”

²⁰ Elisha died and was buried.

Some robbers from Moab used to enter the country of Israel every spring.