2 Kings 13:4
And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
Jehoahaz pleaded with the LORD while Syria was oppressing Israel, and the LORD listened to him because He saw Israel's suffering. The event belongs to the account of Jehoahaz's reign, when Syria oppressed Israel, with that oppression placed during the reigns of Jehoahaz and Jehoash. The chapter is one that records the reigns of Israel's kings together with Elisha's final sickness and his effort to teach Joash persistence and faithfulness.
It belongs to the history of the northern kingdom's conflicts with Syria, and the surrounding history of Syrian wars and Israel's changing strength fits the record in Kings and Chronicles. Assyrian records help explain this period of Israel's oppression by Syria, since Syria served as a buffer state for Israel, and Assyria's defeat of Syria left Israel free to expand and grow stronger.