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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
2 Kings 13:20–25, “And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead. And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.”
The great prophet Elisha eventually died of old age. He had been a faithful prophet and remained loyal to the Lord all the day of his life. However, he hadn’t been successful because Israel continued to worship the false gods that Jeroboam introduced. One day a man was being buried near the sepulchre where Elisha was buried and a band of bandits came to attack. They dropped the body and ran away. The body landed on Elisha’s bones and the man came back to life and stood up again. The Syrians came down and abused Israel all the time that Hazael was king. However, the Lord remembered the contract that He had made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and gave Israel further opportunities to repent of their sin. Then Lord kept the promised that Elisha had given Joash and he was able to defeat the Syrians three times in battle. He was able to regain control over the territory that had been previously been lost to the Syrians.
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