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