2 Kings 15
1 In the
twenty and seventh year of
Jeroboam king of
Israel began
Azariah son of
Amaziah king of
Judah to
reign.
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. 3 And he
did that which was
right in the
sight of the
LORD, according to all that his
father Amaziah had
done;
4 Save that the high
places were not
removed: the
people sacrificed and burnt
incense still on the high
places. 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. 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? 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.
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. 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.
10 And
Shallum the
son of
Jabesh conspired against him, and
smote him
before the
people, and
slew him, and
reigned in his stead.
11 And the
rest of the
acts of
Zachariah, behold, they are
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel. 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.
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. 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 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. 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.
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. 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.
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. 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. 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? 22 And
Menahem slept with his
fathers; and
Pekahiah his
son reigned in his stead.
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. 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.
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.
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. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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.
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. 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? 37 In those
days the
LORD began to
send against
Judah Rezin the
king of
Syria, and
Pekah the
son of
Remaliah. 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.