2 Kings 15

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

² He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

³ He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

⁴ The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

⁵ The LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, and he lived in a separate house. Jotham the king's son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

⁶ As for the other events of Azariah's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

⁷ Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.

⁸ In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned six months.

⁹ He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.

¹⁰ Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He attacked him in front of the people, assassinated him, and succeeded him as king.

¹¹ The other events of Zechariah's reign are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.

¹² So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: "Your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation." And so it came to pass.

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

¹⁴ Then Menahem son of Gadi went from Tirzah up to Samaria. He attacked Shallum son of Jabesh there in Samaria, killed him, and succeeded him as king.

¹⁵ The other events of Shallum's reign, and the conspiracy he carried out, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.

¹⁶ At that time Menahem, starting out from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in it and its territory, because they refused to open their gates. He sacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.

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

¹⁸ He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD. Throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.

¹⁹ Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave him a thousand talents of silver to gain his support and strengthen his own hold on the kingdom.

²⁰ Menahem exacted this silver from Israel. Every wealthy person had to contribute fifty shekels of silver. The money was paid to the king of Assyria, who then withdrew and did not stay in the land.

²¹ As for the other events of Menahem's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

²² Menahem rested with his fathers. And Pekahiah his son succeeded him as king.

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

²⁴ He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.

²⁵ One of his chief officers, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him. Taking fifty men of Gilead with him, he assassinated Pekahiah, along with Argob and Arieh, in the citadel of the royal palace at Samaria. So he killed the king and succeeded him.

²⁶ The other events of Pekahiah's reign, and all he did, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.

²⁷ In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twenty years.

²⁸ He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.

²⁹ In the time of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor. He took Gilead and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and deported the people to Assyria.

³⁰ Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked and assassinated him, and succeeded him as king in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.

³¹ As for the other events of Pekah's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

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

³³ He 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.

³⁴ He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.

³⁵ The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. Jotham built the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.

³⁶ As for the other events of Jotham's reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

³⁷ In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.

³⁸ Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David, the city of his father. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.