1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began
Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
2 Sixteen
years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
3 And
he did that which was right
in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
4 Save
that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense
still on the high places.
5 And
the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and
dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over
the house, judging the people of the land.
6 And
the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
7 So
Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the
city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
8 In
the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of
Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
9 And
he did that which was evil
in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the
sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
10 And
Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people,
and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
11 And
the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
12 This was the
word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the
throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
13 Shallum
the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king
of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
14 For
Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote
Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
15 And
the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
16 Then
Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from
Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all
the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
17 In
the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of
Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.
18 And
he did that which was evil
in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against
the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand
might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
20 And
Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of
each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king
of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
21 And
the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
22 And
Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
23 In
the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to
reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
24 And
he did that which was evil
in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
25 But
Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote
him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and
with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his
room.
26 And
the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
27 In
the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah
began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
28 And
he did that which was evil
in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
29 In
the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took
Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and
Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
30 And
Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and
smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of
Jotham the son of Uzziah.
31 And
the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
32 In
the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the
son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
33 Five
and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen
years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
34 And
he did that which was right
in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had
done.
35 Howbeit
the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense
still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
36 Now
the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
37 In
those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and
Pekah the son of Remaliah.
38 And
Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of
David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
