2 Kings 15

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

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

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

4But the high places were not removed; the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

5Yahweh struck the king, and he had a serious skin disease until the day of his death. He lived in a separate house, while Jotham the king’s son was in charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

6As for the rest of the deeds of Azariah and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

7Azariah rested with his ancestors, and they buried him with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Jotham became king in his place.

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

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

10Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him. He struck him down in front of the people and killed him, and he became king in his place.

11As for the rest of the deeds of Zechariah, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

12This was the word of Yahweh that he had spoken to Jehu: “Your sons will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.” And so it happened.

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

14Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria. He struck down Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and killed him, and he became king in his place.

15As for the rest of the deeds of Shallum and the conspiracy he formed, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

16At that time Menahem, setting out from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in it and its territory, because they would not open the gates to him. He attacked it and ripped open all its pregnant women.

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

18He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh. All his life he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.

19Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that Pul would support him and strengthen his hold on the kingdom.

20Menahem raised the silver from Israel, from all the wealthy men, fifty shekels of silver from each man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not stay there in the land.

21As for the rest of the deeds of Menahem and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

22Menahem rested with his ancestors, and his son Pekahiah became king in his place.

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

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

25Pekah son of Remaliah, one of his officers, conspired against him. With fifty men of Gilead, he struck him down in Samaria in the citadel of the king’s palace, along with Argob and Arieh. He killed him and became king in his place.

26As for the rest of the deeds of Pekahiah and all that he did, 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 son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twenty years.

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

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

30Then Hoshea son of Elah formed a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. He struck him down and killed him, and he became king in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.

31As for the rest of the deeds of Pekah and all that he did, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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

33He 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.

34He did what was right in the sight of Yahweh. He did everything just as his father Uzziah had done.

35But the high places were not removed; the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate of the house of Yahweh.

36As for the rest of the deeds of Jotham and what he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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

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.