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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.
02 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.
03 And he did that which was right in the sight
of the Lord, according to all that his father
Amaziah had done;
04 Save that the high places were not removed:
the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on
the high places.
05 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.
06 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?
07 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.
08 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king
of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign
over Israel in Samaria six months.
09 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.
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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.
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