| Chapter
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. |
