2KI-15:1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of

Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

2KI-15:2 Sixteen 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.

2KI-15:3 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the

LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

2KI-15:4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people

sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

2KI-15:5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper

unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And

Jotham the king's son [was] over the house, judging the people

of the land.

2KI-15:6 And 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?

2KI-15:7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him

with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son

reigned in his stead.

2KI-15:8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah

did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria

six months.

2KI-15:9 And 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, who made Israel to sin.

2KI-15:10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him,

and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in

his stead.

2KI-15:11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they

[are] written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of

Israel.

2KI-15:12 This [was] the 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.

2KI-15:13 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.

2KI-15:14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and

came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria,

and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

2KI-15:15 And 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.

2KI-15:16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that [were]

therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened

not [to him], therefore he smote [it; and] all the women therein

that were with child he ripped up.

2KI-15:17 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.

2KI-15:18 And 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, who made Israel to sin.

2KI-15:19 [And] Pul the king of Assyria came against the land:

and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand

might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

2KI-15:20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, [even] of all

the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver,

to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned

back, and stayed not there in the land.

2KI-15:21 And 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?

2KI-15:22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his

son reigned in his stead.

2KI-15:23 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.

2KI-15:24 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the

LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,

 who made Israel to sin.

2KI-15:25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his,

conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the 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.

2KI-15:26 And 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.

2KI-15:27 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.

2KI-15:28 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the

LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,

 who made Israel to sin.

2KI-15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came

Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and

Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead,

and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive

to Assyria.

2KI-15:30 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.

2KI-15:31 And 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.

2KI-15:32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king

of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

2KI-15:33 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.

2KI-15:34 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the

LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

2KI-15:35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people

sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built

the higher gate of the house of the LORD.

2KI-15:36 Now 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?

2KI-15:37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah

Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

2KI-15:38 And 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.

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