2 Kings 15

2 Kings 15:1 In the twenty-seventh year of Israel’s King Jeroboam, Azariah, son of Amaziah, became king of Judah.

2 Kings 15:2 He 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.

2 Kings 15:3 Azariah did what was right in Yahveh’s sight just as his father Amaziah had done.

2 Kings 15:4 Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

2 Kings 15:5 Yahveh afflicted the king, and he had a serious skin disease until his death. He lived in quarantine, while Jotham, the king’s son, oversaw the household and governed the people of the land.

2 Kings 15:6 The rest of the events of Azariah’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.

2 Kings 15:7 Azariah lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. His son Jotham became king in his place.

2 Kings 15:8 In the thirty-eighth year of Judah’s King Azariah, Zechariah, son of Jeroboam, reigned over Israel in Samaria for six months.

2 Kings 15:9 He did what was evil in Yahveh’s sight as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had caused Israel to commit.

2 Kings 15:10 Shallum, son of Jabesh, conspired against Zechariah. He struck him down publicly, killed him, and became king in his place.

2 Kings 15:11 The rest of Zechariah’s reign’s events are recorded in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.

2 Kings 15:12 Yahveh’s word to Jehu was, “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel,” and it was so.

2 Kings 15:13 In the thirty-ninth year of Judah’s King Uzziah, Shallum, son of Jabesh, became king; he reigned in Samaria for a whole month.

2 Kings 15:14 Then Menahem, son of Gadi, came up from Tirzah to Samaria and struck down Shallum, son of Jabesh. He killed him and became king in his place.

2 Kings 15:15 The rest of Shallum’s reign, including his conspiracy, is written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.

2 Kings 15:16 At 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.

2 Kings 15:17 In 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.

2 Kings 15:18 He did what was evil in Yahveh’s sight. Throughout his reign, he did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had caused Israel to commit.

2 Kings 15:19 King Pul of Assyria invaded the land, so Menahem gave Pul seventy-five thousand pounds of silver so that Pul would support him to make his grasp strong on the kingdom.

2 Kings 15:20 Then Menahem exacted twenty ounces 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.

2 Kings 15:21 The rest of the events of Menahem’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.

2 Kings 15:22 Menahem lay down with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah became king in his place.

2 Kings 15:23 In the fiftieth year of Judah’s King Azariah, Pekahiah, son of Menahem, became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned for two years.

2 Kings 15:24 He did what was evil in Yahveh’s sight and did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had caused Israel to commit.

2 Kings 15:25 Then 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. Pekah had fifty Gileadite men with him. He killed Pekahiah and became king in his place.

2 Kings 15:26 As 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.

2 Kings 15:27 In 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.

2 Kings 15:28 He did what was evil in Yahveh’s sight. He did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had caused Israel to commit.

2 Kings 15:29 In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-Beth-match, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee—all the land of Naphtali—and deported the people to Assyria.

2 Kings 15:30 Then Hoshea, son of Elah, organized 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.

2 Kings 15:31 As 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.

2 Kings 15:32 In the second year of Israel’s King Pekah, son of Remaliah, Jotham, son of Uzziah, became king of Judah.

2 Kings 15:33 He 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.

2 Kings 15:34 He did what was right in Yahveh’s sight just as his father Uzziah had done.

2 Kings 15:35 Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. Jotham built the Upper Gate of Yahveh’s temple.

2 Kings 15:36 The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Book of Judah’s Kings.

2 Kings 15:37 In those days, Yahveh began sending Aram’s King Rezin and Pekah, son of Remaliah, against Judah.

2 Kings 15:38 Jotham lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of his ancestor David. His son Ahaz became king in his place.