2 Kings 15
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1 In the twenty and seventh
year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to
reign.
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.
3 And he did that which was right
in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
4 Save that the high places were not
removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired
against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his
stead.
11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah,
behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
22 And 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
37 In those days the LORD began to send
against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
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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