2 Kings 15
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v1
In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign.
v2
He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His motherโs name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
v3
He did that which was right in Yahwehโs eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
v4
However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
v5
Yahweh struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham, the kingโs son, was over the household, judging the people of the land.
v6
Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, arenโt they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
v7
Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in Davidโs city: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
v8
In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.
v9
He did that which was evil in Yahwehโs sight, as his fathers had done. He didnโt depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
v10
Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him before the people, and killed him, and reigned in his place.
v11
Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
v12
This was Yahwehโs word which he spoke to Jehu, saying, โYour sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.โ So it came to pass.
v13
Shallum 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.
v14
Menahem 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.
v15
Now 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.
v16
Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah, and all who were in it, and its border areas, from Tirzah. He attacked it because they didnโt open their gates to him, and he ripped up all their women who were with child.
v17
In the thirty ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel for ten years in Samaria.
v18
He did that which was evil in Yahwehโs sight. He didnโt depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
v19
Pul 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.
v20
Menahem 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 didnโt stay there in the land.
v21
Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, arenโt they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
v22
Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.
v23
In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria for two years.
v24
He did that which was evil in Yahwehโs sight. He didnโt depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
v25
Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him and attacked him in Samaria, in the fortress of the kingโs house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites. He killed him, and reigned in his place.
v26
Now 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.
v27
In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria for twenty years.
v28
He did that which was evil in Yahwehโs sight. He didnโt depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
v29
In 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.
v30
Hoshea 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.
v31
Now 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.
v32
In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah began to reign.
v33
He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His motherโs name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
v34
He did that which was right in Yahwehโs eyes. He did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
v35
However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of Yahwehโs house.
v36
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, arenโt they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
v37
In those days, Yahweh began to send Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.
v38
Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father Davidโs city, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.