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His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He did what the LORD considered right, as his father Amaziah had done. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But the illegal places of worship were still not torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The LORD inflicted the king with a skin disease that lasted until the day the king died. So the king lived in a separate house. The king's son Jotham was in charge of the palace and governed the country. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Isn't everything else about Azariah-everything he did-written in the official records of the kings of Judah? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Azariah lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His son Jotham succeeded him as king.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>In Azariah's thirty-eighth year as king of Judah, Jeroboam's son Zechariah was king of Israel in Samaria for six months. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He did what the LORD considered evil, as his ancestors had done. He didn't turn away from the sins that Jeroboam (Nebat's son) led Israel to commit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Shallum, son of Jabesh, plotted against Zechariah, attacked him at Kabal Am, killed him, and succeeded him as king. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Everything else about Zechariah is written in the official records of the kings of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>It happened exactly as the LORD had told Jehu: "Four generations of your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Shallum, son of Jabesh, became king in Azariah's thirty-ninth year as king of Judah. Shallum ruled for an entire month in Samaria. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then Menahem, son of Gadi, came from Tirzah to Samaria, attacked Shallum (son of Jabesh), killed him, and succeeded him as king. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Everything else about Shallum-all about his conspiracy-is written in the official records of the kings of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah, everyone there, and its territory. Because the city didn't open its gates for him, he attacked it and ripped open all its pregnant women.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>In Azariah's thirty-ninth year as king of Judah, Menahem, son of Gadi, began to rule as king of Israel. He ruled for 10 years in Samaria. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He did what the LORD considered evil. During his entire life he never turned away from the sins that Jeroboam (Nebat's son) led Israel to commit.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>King Pul of Assyria came to [attack] the country. So Menahem gave Pul 75,000 pounds of silver to gain his support and help strengthen his hold on the kingdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Menahem raised the money from all the wealthy men in Israel. Each gave 20 ounces of silver for the king of Assyria. Then the king of Assyria left the country. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Isn't everything else about Menahem-everything he did-written in the official records of the kings of Israel? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Menahem lay down in death with his ancestors, and his son Pekahiah succeeded him as king.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>In Azariah's fiftieth year as king of Judah, Menahem's son Pekahiah began to rule. Pekahiah was king of Israel in Samaria for two years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He did what the LORD considered evil. He didn't turn away from the sins that Jeroboam (Nebat's son) led Israel to commit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>His officer Pekah, son of Remaliah, plotted against him. With 50 men from Gilead, Pekah attacked Pekahiah, Argob, and Arieh in the fortress of the royal palace in Samaria. Pekah killed him and succeeded him as king. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Everything else about Pekahiah-everything he did-is written in the official records of the kings of Israel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>In Azariah's fifty-second year as king of Judah, Pekah, son of Remaliah, began to rule Israel in Samaria. He ruled for 20 years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>He did what the LORD considered evil. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam (Nebat's son) led Israel to commit.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and the entire territory of Naphtali. He also took the people away to Assyria as captives. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Hoshea, son of Elah, plotted against Pekah, son of Remaliah. Hoshea attacked him and killed him. Hoshea began to rule as king in his place in the twentieth year that Jotham, son of Azariah, was king of Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Everything else about Pekah-everything he did-is written in the official records of the kings of Israel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>In the second year that King Pekah, son of Remaliah, ruled Israel, Jotham, son of Azariah, began to rule as king of Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He was 25 years old when he began to rule. He ruled for 16 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha, daughter of Zadok. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>He did what the LORD considered right, as his father Azariah had done. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>But the illegal places of worship were not torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites. Jotham built the Upper Gate of the LORD's temple. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Isn't everything else about Jotham-everything he did-written in the official records of the kings of Judah? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>In those days the LORD began to use King Rezin of Aram and Pekah, son of Remaliah, to attack Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/15-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Jotham lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of his ancestor David. His son Ahaz succeeded him as king.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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