וַיָּ֥מָת אֱלִישָׁ֖ע וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֑הוּ וּגְדוּדֵ֥י מוֹאָ֛ב יָבֹ֥אוּ בָאָ֖רֶץ בָּ֥א שָׁנָֽה׃
And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites used to invade the land at the coming in of the year.
Rashi on II Kings
Would invade the land. It was common for them to come and plunder the land.10After Elisha’s death.—Radak For as long as he was alive no Aramean dared to invade as indicated in II Melochim 6:23.