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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.