2 Kings 14–15

Chapter 14

Amaziah Reigns over Judah

^1aIn the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel, ^bAmaziah the son of Joash king of Judah became king.

²He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.

³He did right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

⁴Only ^athe high places were not taken away; ^bthe people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

⁵Now it came about, as soon as the kingdom was firmly in his hand, that he ^1akilled his servants who had slain the king his father.

⁶But the sons of the ¹slayers he did not put to death, according to what is written in the book of the Law of Moses, as the Lord commanded, saying, “^aThe fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor the sons be put to death for the fathers; but ^beach shall be put to death for his own sin.”

⁷He ¹killed of Edom in ^athe Valley of Salt 10,000 and took ^bSela by war, and named it ^cJoktheel to this day.

^8aThen Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “^bCome, let us face each other.”

⁹Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “^aThe thorn bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ But there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trampled the thorn bush.

¹⁰“^aYou have indeed ¹defeated Edom, and ^byour heart has ²become proud. Enjoy your glory and stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you, even you, would fall, and Judah with you?”

¹¹But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at ^aBeth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

¹²Judah was defeated ¹by Israel, and ^athey fled each to his tent.

¹³Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from ^athe Gate of Ephraim to ^bthe Corner Gate, 400 ¹cubits.

^14aHe took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

Jeroboam II Succeeds Jehoash in Israel

^15aNow 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?

¹⁶So Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son became king in his place.

Azariah (Uzziah) Succeeds Amaziah in Judah

^17aAmaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

¹⁸Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

¹⁹They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to ^aLachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.

²⁰Then they brought him on horses and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

²¹All the people of Judah took ¹Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.

^22aHe built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers.

²³In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years.

²⁴He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin.

^25aHe restored the border of Israel from ^bthe entrance of Hamath as far as ^cthe Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which He spoke ¹through His servant ^dJonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of ^eGath-hepher.

²⁶For the ^aLord saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; for ^bthere was neither bond nor free, nor was there any helper for Israel.

²⁷The ^aLord did not say 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.

Zechariah Reigns over Israel

²⁸Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did and his might, how he fought and how he recovered for Israel, ^aDamascus and ^bHamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

²⁹And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son became king in his place.

Chapter 15

Series of Kings: Azariah (Uzziah) over Judah

^1aIn the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king.

²He was ^asixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was ¹Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

³He did right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

⁴Only ^athe high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

^5aThe Lord struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death. And he ^blived in a separate house, ¹while Jotham the king’s son was over the household, judging the people of the land.

⁶Now 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?

⁷And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son became king in his place.

Zechariah over Israel

^8aIn the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria for six months.

⁹He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin.

¹⁰Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and ^astruck him before the people and ¹killed him, and reigned in his place.

¹¹Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

¹²This is ^athe word of the Lord which He spoke to Jehu, saying, “Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.” And so it was.

¹³Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the ^athirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned one month in ^bSamaria.

¹⁴Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from ^aTirzah and came to Samaria, and struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him and became king in his place.

¹⁵Now 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 struck Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, because they did not open to him; therefore he struck it and ripped up ^aall its women who were with child.

Menahem over Israel

¹⁷In the ^athirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel and reigned ten years in Samaria.

¹⁸He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin.

^19aPul, king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him to ^bstrengthen the kingdom ¹under his rule.

²⁰Then Menahem exacted the money from Israel, even from all the mighty men of wealth, from each man fifty shekels of silver to pay the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria returned and did not remain there in the land.

²¹Now 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 became king in his place.

Pekahiah over Israel

²³In ^athe fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.

²⁴He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin.

²⁵Then Pekah son of Remaliah, his officer, conspired against him and struck him in Samaria, in ^athe castle of the king’s house with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites, and he killed him and became king in his place.

²⁶Now 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.

Pekah over Israel

²⁷In ^athe fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, ^bPekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.

²⁸He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin.

²⁹In the days of Pekah king of Israel, ^1aTiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and ²captured Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and ^bhe carried them captive to Assyria.

³⁰And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him and put him to death and became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

³¹Now 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.

Jotham over Judah

³²In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of ¹Uzziah king of Judah became king.

^33aHe was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

^34aHe did what was right in the sight of the Lord; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

³⁵Only ^athe high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. ^bHe built the upper gate of the house of the Lord.

³⁶Now the rest of the acts of Jotham and all that he did, are they not written…