Joash and Elisha in Josephus, Ant.9.177-185

2 Kgs 13: 10-25 interweaves its account of the reign of J(eh)oash of Israel with stories concerning the last illness, death and burialof and post mortem resuscitation effected by the prophet Elisha. The purpose of this essay is to investigate Josephus' version of this material in Ant.9.177-185 with the biblical data. The main issues are: Textually, with which of the witnesses does Josephus align himself in this segment? What sort of rewriting techniques does the historian employ here and what is the effect of their application on his presentation of figures and events vis-à-vis the Biblical one? Finally, how does Josephus' version of the episodes of Kgs 13:10-25 relate to other extra-Biblical traditions concerning those episodes?