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1In the twenty-seventh year of Israel’s King Jeroboam, Azariah , son of Amaziah became king of Judah.[#15:1 = Uzziah in 2Ch 26:3; #15:1 2Kg 14:21; #15:1–3 2Ch 26:3–5]
2He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
3Azariah did what was right in the Lord ’s sight just as his father Amaziah had done.[#15:3 1Kg 14:8]
4Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.[#15:4 2Kg 14:3–4]
5The Lord afflicted the king, and he had a serious skin disease until the day of his death. He lived in quarantine, , while Jotham, the king’s son, was over the household governing the people of the land.[#15:5 2Ch 26:16–21; #15:5 Lit in a house of exemption from duty; #15:5 Lv 13:46; #15:5 2Kg 15:32; 2Ch 27:1; Mc 1:1; #15:5 2Ch 26:16–21]
6The rest of the events of Azariah’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.[#15:6 2Kg 14:18]
7Azariah rested with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Jotham became king in his place.[#15:6–7 2Ch 26:22–23]
8In the thirty-eighth year of Judah’s King Azariah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria for six months.[#15:8 2Kg 14:29]
9He did what was evil in the Lord ’s sight as his predecessors had done. He did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.[#15:9 2Kg 14:24; #15:9 1Kg 12:28–33; 13:33–34]
10Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He struck him down publicly, killed him, and became king in his place.[#15:10 Some LXX mss read down at Ibleam ; Hb uncertain; #15:10 2Kg 12:20]
11As for the rest of the events of Zechariah’s reign, they are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.[#15:11 2Kg 13:8]
12The word of the Lord that he spoke to Jehu was, ‘Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel,’ and it was so.[#15:12 2Kg 10:30]
13In the thirty-ninth year of Judah’s King Uzziah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king; he reigned in Samaria for a full month.[#15:13 = Azariah, also in vv. 30,32,34; #15:13 1Kg 16:24]
14Then Menahem son of Gadi came up from Tirzah to Samaria and struck down Shallum son of Jabesh there. He killed him and became king in his place.[#15:14 1Kg 14:17]
15As for the rest of the events of Shallum’s reign, along with the conspiracy that he formed, they are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.
16At that time, starting from Tirzah, Menahem attacked Tiphsah, all who were in it, and its territory because they wouldn’t surrender. He ripped open all the pregnant women.[#15:16 1Kg 4:24; #15:16 Dt 20:11; #15:16 2Kg 8:12; Hs 13:16; Am 1:13]
17In the thirty-ninth year of Judah’s King Azariah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel, and he reigned for ten years in Samaria.
18He did what was evil in the Lord ’s sight. Throughout his reign, he did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.[#15:18 1Kg 12:28–33; 15:26]
19King Pul , of Assyria invaded the land, so Menahem gave Pul 35 tonnes of silver so that Pul would support him to strengthen his grasp on the kingdom.[#15:19 = Tiglath-pileser; #15:19 1Ch 5:25–26; #15:19 Lit 575 grams; #15:19 2Kg 14:5]
20Then Menahem exacted 575 grams of silver from each of the prominent men of Israel to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not stay there in the land.[#15:20 Lit 50 shekels; #15:20 2Kg 12:18]
21The rest of the events of Menahem’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.
22Menahem rested with his ancestors, and his son Pekahiah became king in his place.[#15:22 2Kg 14:29]
23In the fiftieth year of Judah’s King Azariah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned for two years.
24He did what was evil in the Lord ’s sight and did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.[#15:24 1Kg 12:28–33]
25Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him and struck him down in Samaria at the citadel of the king’s palace – with Argob and Arieh. There were fifty Gileadite men with Pekah. He killed Pekahiah and became king in his place.[#15:25 2Ch 28:6; #15:25 2Kg 12:20; #15:25 1Kg 16:8; #15:25 Hb obscure]
26As for the rest of the events of Pekahiah’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, they are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.
27In the fifty-second year of Judah’s King Azariah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned for twenty years.
28He did what was evil in the Lord ’s sight. He did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
29In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee #– #all the land of Naphtali #– #and deported the people to Assyria.[#15:29 1Ch 5:6,26; #15:29 1Kg 15:29; #15:29 Jos 19:32–39; #15:29 2Kg 17:6]
30Then Hoshea son of Elah organised a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked him, killed him, and became king in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.[#15:30 2Kg 17:1; #15:30 2Kg 12:20]
31As for the rest of the events of Pekah’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, they are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.
32In the second year of Israel’s King Pekah son of Remaliah, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.[#15:32 2Kg 15:5,7]
33He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.[#15:33–35 2Ch 27:1–3]
34He did what was right in the Lord ’s sight just as his father Uzziah had done.[#15:34–35 2Kg 15:3–4]
35Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
Jotham built the Upper Gate of the Lord ’s temple.
36The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.[#15:36–38 2Ch 27:7–9; #15:36 2Kg 14:18]
37In those days the Lord began sending Aram’s King Rezin and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.[#15:37 2Kg 16:5; Is 7:1]
38Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Ahaz became king in his place.[#15:38 2Kg 15:7]