2 Kings 15–16

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 incense still in the high places. He built the ^fhigher gate of the house of the Lord. ^36*gNow 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 ^hRezin the king of Syria, and ⁱPekah the son of Remaliah. ^38kAnd 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.

16^*In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. ^2aTwenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his father. ³But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, ^band made his son to pass through the fire, ^caccording to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel. ⁴And ^dhe sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and ^eon the hills, and under every green tree. ^5*fThen Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but ^gcould not overcome him. ⁶At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from ^†Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. ^7hSo Ahaz sent messengers to ^†Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. ^8hAnd Ahaz ⁱtook the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a ^jpresent to the king of Assyria. ⁹And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against ^†Damascus, and ^||took it, and carried the people of it captive to ^kKir, and slew Rezin.

¹⁰And king Ahaz went to ^†Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to ^kkUrijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. ¹¹And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. ¹²And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and ^lthe king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. ¹³And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of ^†his peace offerings, upon the altar. ¹⁴And he brought also ^mthe brasen altar, which was before the Lord, from ⁿthe forefront of the house, from between ^othe altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of ^othe altar. ¹⁵And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon ^othe great altar burn ^pthe morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and ^mthe brasen altar shall be for me to inquire by. ¹⁶Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. ^17*And king Ahaz ^qcut off ^rthe borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down ^sthe sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones. ¹⁸And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the Lord for the king of Assyria.

^19tNow the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? ^20*And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried ^uwith his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.