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| 2 Kings 15:1 |
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In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king
of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. |
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| 2 Kings 15:2 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:3 |
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And he did that which was right in the sight
of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; |
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| 2 Kings 15:4 |
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Save that the high places were not removed:
the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. |
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| 2 Kings 15:5 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:6 |
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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? |
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| 2 Kings 15:7 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:8 |
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In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king
of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. |
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| 2 Kings 15:9 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:10 |
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And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against
him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. |
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| 2 Kings 15:11 |
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And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold,
they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. |
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| 2 Kings 15:12 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:13 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:14 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:15 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:16 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:17 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:18 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:19 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:20 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:21 |
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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? |
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| 2 Kings 15:22 |
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And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah
his son reigned in his stead. |
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| 2 Kings 15:23 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:24 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:25 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:26 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:27 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:28 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:29 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:30 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:31 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:32 |
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In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah
king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. |
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| 2 Kings 15:33 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:34 |
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And he did that which was right in the sight
of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. |
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| 2 Kings 15:35 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 15:36 |
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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? |
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| 2 Kings 15:37 |
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In those days the LORD began to send against
Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. |
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| 2 Kings 15:38 |
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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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