2 Kings 14–15

14^*In ^athe second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned ^bAmaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. ²He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. ³And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. ^4cHowbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. ⁵And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants ^dwhich had slain the king his father. ^6*But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying, ^eThe fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin. ^7*fHe slew of Edom in ^gthe valley of salt ten thousand, and took ^||Selah by war, and called the name of it ^hJoktheel unto this day.

⁸ⁱThen Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, ^jlet us look one another in the face. ⁹And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, ^kThe thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the ^lcedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. ¹⁰Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and ^mthine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry ^†at home: for why shouldest thou ⁿmeddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? ¹¹But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at ^oBeth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. ¹²And Judah ^†was put to the worse before Israel; and they ^pfled every man to their tents. ¹³And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at ^oBeth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from ^qthe gate of Ephraim unto ^rthe corner gate, four hundred cubits. ¹⁴And he took ^sall the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. ^15*tNow the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? ¹⁶And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

^17uAnd Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. ¹⁸And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? ^19xNow they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to ^yLachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. ^20*And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. ²¹And all the people of Judah took ^||Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. ²²He built ^zElath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

^23*In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah ^||Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. ²⁴And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ^awho made Israel to sin. ²⁵He restored the coast of Israel ^bfrom the entering of Hamath unto ^cthe sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant ^dJonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of ^eGath-hepher. ^26*For the Lord ^fsaw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for ^gthere was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. ^27hAnd the Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. ²⁸Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered ⁱDamascus, and Hamath, ^kwhich belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? ^29*And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and ^||Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.

15^*In the ^||twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel ^abegan ^||Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. ^2bSixteen 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. ^3bAnd he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; ^4cSave that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. ^5*And the Lord ^dsmote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and ^edwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land. ⁶And 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 ^fwith 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. ⁹And 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, ^gwho 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. ¹¹And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. ¹²This was ^hthe 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. ¹⁴For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from ^kTirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. ¹⁵And 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.

¹⁶Then Menahem smote ^lTiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from ^kTirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all ^mthe 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. ¹⁸And 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, ^gwho made Israel to sin. ^19*And ⁿPul the king of ^oAssyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand ^ptalents of silver, that his hand might be with him to ^qconfirm the kingdom in his hand. ²⁰And Menahem ^†exacted the money of Israel, even of all ^rthe mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty ^pshekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. ²¹And 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? ²²And 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. ²⁴And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ^gwho made Israel to sin. ²⁵But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a ^scaptain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in ^tthe 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. ²⁶And 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. ²⁸And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ^gwho made Israel to sin. ^29*In the days of Pekah king of Israel came ^uTiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took ^xIjon, and ^xyAbel-beth-maachah, and ^zJanoah, and ^aKedesh, and ^bHazor, 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. ³¹And 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.

³²In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began ^cJotham 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. ³⁴And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord: he did ^daccording to all that his father Uzziah had done. ^35eHowbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned…