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

²He was sixteen years old when he began to reign , and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem . His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem .

³He did that which was right in the LORD ’s eyes , according to all that his father Amaziah had done .

⁴However , the high places were not taken away . The people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places .

⁵The LORD struck the king , so that he was a leper to the day of his death , and lived in a separate house . 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 , aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ?

⁷Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in David ’s city ; and Jotham his son reigned in his place .

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

⁹He did that which was evil in the LORD ’s sight , as his fathers had done . He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , with which he made Israel to sin .

¹⁰Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him , and struck him before the people and killed 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 was the LORD ’s word which he spoke to Jehu , saying , “Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel .” So it came to pass .

¹³Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah , and he reigned for a month in Samaria .

¹⁴Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah , came to Samaria , struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria , killed him , and reigned 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 attacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its border areas, from Tirzah . He attacked it because they didn’t open their gates to him , and he ripped up all their women who were with child .

¹⁷In the thirty ninth year of Azariah king of Judah , Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel for ten years in Samaria .

¹⁸He did that which was evil in the LORD ’s sight . He didn’t depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , with which he made Israel to sin .

¹⁹Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver , that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand .[#15:19 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds, so 1000 talents is about 30 metric tonnes]

²⁰Menahem exacted the money from Israel , even from all the mighty men of wealth , from each man fifty shekels of silver , to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back , and didn’t stay there in the land.[#15:20 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 50 shekels was about 0.5 kilograms or 1.1 pounds.]

²¹Now the rest of the acts of Menahem , and all that he did , aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ?

²²Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place .

²³In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah , Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria for two years .

²⁴He did that which was evil in the LORD ’s sight . He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , with which he made Israel to sin .

²⁵Pekah the son of Remaliah , his captain , conspired against him and attacked him in Samaria , in the fortress of the king ’s house , with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites . He killed him , and reigned 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 .

²⁷In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah , Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria for twenty years .

²⁸He did that which was evil in the LORD ’s sight . He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , with which he made Israel to sin .

²⁹In the days of Pekah king of Israel , Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon , Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah , Kedesh , Hazor , Gilead , and Galilee , all the land of Naphtali ; and he carried them captive to Assyria.

³⁰Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah , attacked him , killed him , and reigned 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 .

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

³³He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign , and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem . His mother’s name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok .

³⁴He did that which was right in the LORD ’s eyes . He did according to all that his father Uzziah had done .

³⁵However the high places were not taken away . The people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places . He built the upper gate of the LORD ’s house .

³⁶Now the rest of the acts of Jotham , and all that he did , aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ?

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

³⁸Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David ’s city ; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place .