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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Kings 15 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_kings/15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_kings/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > 2 Kings 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_kings/14.htm" title="2 Kings 14">◄</a> 2 Kings 15 <a href="../2_kings/16.htm" title="2 Kings 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">King Uzziah of Judah</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="2CH 26:1-23">2 Chronicles 26.1-23</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v12_15_1"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.1" class="v12_15_1">1</span>In the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Jeroboam II of Israel, Uzziah son of Amaziah became king of Judah </span><span class="v12_15_2"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.2" class="v12_15_2">2</span>at the age of sixteen, and he ruled in Jerusalem for fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem. </span><span class="v12_15_3"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.3" class="v12_15_3">3</span>Following the example of his father, he did what was pleasing to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. </span><span class="v12_15_4"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.4" class="v12_15_4">4</span>But the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. </span><span class="v12_15_5"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.5" class="v12_15_5">5</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> struck Uzziah with a dreaded skin disease that stayed with him the rest of his life. He lived in a separate house, relieved of all duties, while his son Jotham governed the country.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_15_6"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.6" class="v12_15_6">6</span>Everything else that Uzziah did is recorded in <span class="bk">The History of the Kings of Judah</span>. </span><span class="v12_15_7"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.7" class="v12_15_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.15.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Uzziah died and was buried in the royal burial ground in David's City, and his son Jotham succeeded him as king.</span></p><h3 class="s">King Zechariah of Israel</h3><p class="par"><span class="v12_15_8"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.8" class="v12_15_8">8</span>In the thirty-eighth year of the reign of King Uzziah of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam II became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for six months. </span><span class="v12_15_9"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.9" class="v12_15_9">9</span>He, like his predecessors, sinned against the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. He followed the wicked example of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin. </span><span class="v12_15_10"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.10" class="v12_15_10">10</span>Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against King Zechariah, assassinated him at Ibleam,<a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.15.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and succeeded him as king.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_15_11"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.11" class="v12_15_11">11</span>Everything else that Zechariah did is recorded in <span class="bk">The History of the Kings of Israel</span>.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_15_12"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.12" class="v12_15_12">12</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.15.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> So the promise was fulfilled which the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had made to King Jehu: “Your descendants down to the fourth generation<a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.15.12!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> will be kings of Israel.”</span></p><h3 class="s">King Shallum of Israel</h3><p class="par"><span class="v12_15_13"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.13" class="v12_15_13">13</span>In the thirty-ninth year of the reign of King Uzziah of Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for one month.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_15_14"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.14" class="v12_15_14">14</span>Menahem son of Gadi went from Tirzah to Samaria, assassinated Shallum, and succeeded him as king. </span><span class="v12_15_15"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.15" class="v12_15_15">15</span>Everything else that Shallum did, including an account of his conspiracy, is recorded in <span class="bk">The History of the Kings of Israel</span>. </span><span class="v12_15_16"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.16" class="v12_15_16">16</span>As Menahem was on his way from Tirzah, he completely destroyed the city of Tappuah,<a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.15.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> its inhabitants, and the surrounding territory, because the city did not surrender to him. He even ripped open the bellies of all the pregnant women.</span></p><h3 class="s">King Menahem of Israel</h3><p class="par"><span class="v12_15_17"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.17" class="v12_15_17">17</span>In the thirty-ninth year of the reign of King Uzziah of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for ten years. </span><span class="v12_15_18"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.18" class="v12_15_18">18</span>He sinned against the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, for until the day of his death he followed the wicked example of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin. </span><span class="v12_15_19"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.19" class="v12_15_19">19</span>Tiglath Pileser, the emperor of Assyria, invaded Israel, and Menahem gave him thirty-eight tons of silver to gain his support in strengthening Menahem's power over the country. </span><span class="v12_15_20"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.20" class="v12_15_20">20</span>Menahem got the money from the rich men of Israel by forcing each one to contribute fifty pieces of silver. So Tiglath Pileser went back to his own country.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_15_21"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.21" class="v12_15_21">21</span>Everything else that Menahem did is recorded in <span class="bk">The History of the Kings of Israel</span>. </span><span class="v12_15_22"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.22" class="v12_15_22">22</span>He died and was buried, and his son Pekahiah succeeded him as king.</span></p><h3 class="s">King Pekahiah of Israel</h3><p class="par"><span class="v12_15_23"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.23" class="v12_15_23">23</span>In the fiftieth year of the reign of King Uzziah of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for two years. </span><span class="v12_15_24"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.24" class="v12_15_24">24</span>He sinned against the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, following the wicked example of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin. </span><span class="v12_15_25"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.25" class="v12_15_25">25</span>An officer of Pekahiah's forces, Pekah son of Remaliah, plotted with fifty men from Gilead, assassinated Pekahiah in the palace's inner fortress<a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.15.25!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> in Samaria, and succeeded him as king.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_15_26"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.26" class="v12_15_26">26</span>Everything else that Pekahiah did is recorded in <span class="bk">The History of the Kings of Israel</span>.</span></p><h3 class="s">King Pekah of Israel</h3><p class="par"><span class="v12_15_27"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.27" class="v12_15_27">27</span>In the fifty-second year of the reign of King Uzziah of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for twenty years. </span><span class="v12_15_28"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.28" class="v12_15_28">28</span>He sinned against the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, following the wicked example of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_15_29"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.29" class="v12_15_29">29</span>It was while Pekah was king that Tiglath Pileser, the emperor of Assyria, captured the cities of Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor, and the territories of Gilead, Galilee, and Naphtali, and took the people to Assyria as prisoners.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_15_30"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.30" class="v12_15_30">30</span>In the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah as king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah plotted against King Pekah, assassinated him, and succeeded him as king. </span><span class="v12_15_31"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.31" class="v12_15_31">31</span>Everything else that Pekah did is recorded in <span class="bk">The History of the Kings of Israel</span>.</span></p><h3 class="s">King Jotham of Judah</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="2CH 27:1-9">2 Chronicles 27.1-9</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v12_15_32"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.32" class="v12_15_32">32</span>In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah as king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah </span><span class="v12_15_33"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.33" class="v12_15_33">33</span>at the age of twenty-five, and he ruled in Jerusalem for sixteen years. His mother was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. </span><span class="v12_15_34"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.34" class="v12_15_34">34</span>Following the example of his father Uzziah, Jotham did what was pleasing to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. </span><span class="v12_15_35"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.35" class="v12_15_35">35</span>But the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. It was Jotham who built the North Gate of the Temple.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_15_36"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.36" class="v12_15_36">36</span>Everything else that Jotham did is recorded in <span class="bk">The History of the Kings of Judah</span>. </span><span class="v12_15_37"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.37" class="v12_15_37">37</span>It was while he was king that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> first sent King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel to attack Judah. </span><span class="v12_15_38"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.15.38" class="v12_15_38">38</span>Jotham died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City, and his son Ahaz succeeded him as king.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.10: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">at Ibleam; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">before people.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.12: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">fourth generation: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Zechariah was Jehu's great-great-grandson.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.16: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Tappuah; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Tiphsah.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.25: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew has two additional words, the meaning of which is unclear.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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