- Elisha passes away and is buried: Elisha passed away and they buried him.
- Moav steals produce from the land of Israel: [After the death of Elisha] Moavite bandits invaded the land of Israel at the beginning of the year [to steal produce and animal fodder from the land[1]].
- Elisha resurrects a man who was accidentally thrown in his burial spot: It happened during one of the times that Moav came to invade the land that they were in the midst of burying a man, and when they saw the bandits of Moav they panicked and threw the man’s corpse into Elisha’s grave. The corpse landed near the bones of Elisha and touched them. Elisha [who was not happy with his new neighbor in the grave] resurrected the man, and he came back to life and stood up on his feet [and left the cave, and ended up living many more years having children[2]]. [This individual was Shalom the son of Tikvah who was a great Jewish leader, and was a very kindhearted man who provided water for all the passerby’s, and in this merit he was resurrected.[3]]
- Chazael, the king of Aram, oppressed the Jewish people throughout all the days of Yehoachaz. However, Hashem was gracious and merciful to the Jewish people, and he saved them from annihilation due to the covenant that he made with Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov, and He did not want to destroy them.
- The death of Chazael and his successor: Chazael died, and his son Ben-Hadad reigned in his stead.
- Yehoash recaptures the cities of Israel from Aram: Yehoash, the son of Yehoachaz, returned and took back all the cities from Ben-Hadad the son of Chazael, which he had taken from the hand of His father Yehoachaz in battle. Yehoash beat him three times and recovered the cities of Israel.
[1] See Rashi and Metzudos Dovid 13:20
[2] Radak 13:21
[3] Radak 13:21
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