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And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>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? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And 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.</p> <p class="hdg">Zechariah Reigns in Israel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria, six months. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>This was the word of Jehovah which he spoke to Jehu saying, Thy sons shall sit upon the throne of Israel unto the fourth [generation]. And so it came to pass.</p> <p class="hdg">Shallum Reigns in Israel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and its territory from Tirzah, because they did not open [to him]; and he smote [it]: all the women in it that were with child he ripped up.</p> <p class="hdg">Menahem Reigns in Israel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel, for ten years, in Samaria. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not, all his days, from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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 establish the kingdom in his hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, of all those who were wealthy, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. And the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.</p> <p class="hdg">Pekahiah Reigns in Israel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, for two years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the fortress of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites; and he slew him, and reigned in his stead. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="hdg">Pekah Reigns in Israel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, for twenty years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him and slew him; and he reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>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.</p> <a name="32" id="32"></a><p class="hdg">Jotham's Good Reign in Judah<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_chronicles/27.htm">2 Chronicles 27:1-9</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And 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? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>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.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Darby Bible Translation<br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_kings/14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_kings/16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/2_kings/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>