ophecy, and such as were gloriously
preserved in memory by the Hebrews. He also obtained a magnificent
funeral, such a one indeed as it was fit a person so beloved of God
should have. It also happened, that at that time certain robbers cast
a man whom they had slain into Elisha's grave, and upon his dead body
coming close to Elisha's body, it revived again. And thus far have we
enlarged about the actions of Elisha the prophet, both such as he did
while he was alive, and how he had a Divine power after his death also.

7. Now, upon the death of Hazael, the king of Syria, that kingdom came
to Adad his son, with whom Joash, king of Israel, made war; and when he
had beaten him in three battles, he took from him all that country, and
all those cities and villages, which his father Hazael had taken from
the kingdom of Israel, which came to pass, however, according to the
prophecy of Elisha. But when Joash happened to die, he was buried in
Samaria, and the government devolved on his son Jeroboam.

CHAPTER 9. How Amaziah Made An Expedition Against The Edomites And
Amalekites And Conquered Them; But When He Afterwards Made War Against
Joash, He Was Beaten And Not Long After Was Slain, And Uzziah Succeeded
In The Government.

1. Now, in the second year of the reign of Joash over Israel, Amaziah
reigned over the tribe of Judah in Jerusalem. His mother's name was
Jehoaddan, who was born at Jerusalem. He was exceeding careful of doing
what was right, and this when he was very young; but when he came to the
management of affairs, and to the government, he resolved that he ought
first of all to avenge his father Je-hoash, and to punish those his
friends that had laid violent hands upon him: so he seized upon them
all, and put them to death; yet did he execute no severity on their
children, but acted therein according to the laws of Moses, who did not
think it just to punish children for the sins of their fathers. After
this he chose him an army out of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin, of
such as were in the flower of their age, and about twenty years old; and
when he had collected about three hundred thousand of them together, he
set captains of hundreds over them. He also sent to the king of Israel,
and hired a hundred thousand of his soldiers for a hundred talents of
silver, for he had resolved to make an expedition against the nations of
the Amatekites, and Edomites, and Gebalites: but as he was preparing
for his expeditio