2 Kings 15

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.