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Azariah king of Judah

¹In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king. ²He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem. ³He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done. ⁴However, the high places were not removed; the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places. ⁵The LORD struck the king, and he had a serious skin disease until the day he died. He lived in a separate house, while Jotham the king’s son was in charge of the palace and governed the people of the land. ⁶The rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are written in the Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. ⁷Then Azariah rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His son Jotham became king in his place.

Zechariah king of Israel

⁸In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned six months. ⁹He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his ancestors had done. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel to sin. ¹⁰Shallum son of Jabesh plotted against him. He struck him down in front of the people, killed him and became king in his place. ¹¹The rest of the acts of Zechariah are written in the Book of the History of the Kings of Israel. ¹²This was the word of the LORD that he had spoken to Jehu: “Your sons will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.” And so it happened.

Shallum king of Israel

¹³Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned one full month in Samaria. ¹⁴Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria. He struck down Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, killed him and became king in his place. ¹⁵The rest of the acts of Shallum, and the conspiracy he carried out, are written in the Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.

¹⁶At that time Menahem attacked Tiphsah and everyone in it and its territory, starting from Tirzah, because they would not open the gates to him. He struck it down, and he ripped open all its pregnant women.

Menahem king of Israel

¹⁷In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel, and he reigned ten years in Samaria. ¹⁸He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. All his life he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel to sin. ¹⁹Pul king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul about 37 tons of silver so that he would support him and strengthen his hold on the kingdom. ²⁰Menahem raised the silver from Israel, from all the wealthy men, to give to the king of Assyria: about 1 1/4 pounds of silver from each man. So the king of Assyria turned back and did not stay there in the land. ²¹The rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are written in the Book of the History of the Kings of Israel. ²²Then Menahem rested with his ancestors, and his son Pekahiah became king in his place.

Pekahiah king of Israel

²³In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned two years. ²⁴He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel to sin. ²⁵Pekah son of Remaliah, his officer, plotted against him. He struck him down in Samaria, in the citadel of the royal palace, along with Argob and Arieh. Fifty men of Gilead were with Pekah. He killed Pekahiah and became king in his place. ²⁶The rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, are written in the Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.

Pekah king of Israel

²⁷In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twenty years. ²⁸He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel to sin. ²⁹During the reign of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came. He captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh and Hazor, as well as Gilead and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali. He took the people away into exile in Assyria. ³⁰Then Hoshea son of Elah formed a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. He struck him down, killed him and became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah. ³¹The rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, are written in the Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.

Jotham king of Judah

³²In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah became king. ³³He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok. ³⁴He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. ³⁵However, the high places were not removed; the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places. He built the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD. ³⁶The rest of the acts of Jotham, what he did, are written in the Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. ³⁷In those days the LORD began sending Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah. ³⁸Then Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of his ancestor David. His son Ahaz became king in his place.