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2 Kings 15 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

2Ki 15:1In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel Azarias the son of Amessias king of Juda [fn]began to reign.
2Ki 15:2 [fn]Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jechelia of Jerusalem.
2Ki 15:3And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all things that Amessias his father did.
2Ki 15:4Only he took not away any of the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.
2Ki 15:5And the Lord [fn]plagued the king, and he was [fn]leprous till the day of his death; and he reigned in [fn]a separate house. And Joatham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.
2Ki 15:6And the rest of the acts of Azarias, and all that he did, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
2Ki 15:7And Azarias slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Joatham his son reigned in his stead.
2Ki 15:8In the thirty and eighth year of Azarias king of Juda Zacharias the son of Jeroboam [fn]began to reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
2Ki 15:9And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.
2Ki 15:10And Sellum the son of Jabis and others conspired against him, and they smote him [fn]in Keblaam, and slew him, and he reigned in his stead.
2Ki 15:11And the rest of the acts of Zacharias, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
2Ki 15:12 This was the word of the Lord which he spoke to Ju, saying, Thy sons of the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel: and it was so.
2Ki 15:13And Sellum the son of Jabis reigned: and in the thirty and ninth year of Azarias king of Juda [fn]began Sellum to reign a full month in Samaria.
2Ki 15:14And Manaem the son of Gaddi went up out of Tharsila, and came to Samaria, and smote Sellum the son of Jabis in Samaria, and slew him.
2Ki 15:15And the rest of the acts of Sellum, and his conspiracy wherein he was engaged, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
2Ki 15:16Then Manaem smote both Thersa and all that was in it, and its borders extending beyond Thersa, because they opened not to him: and he smote it, and ripped up the women with child.
2Ki 15:17In the thirty and ninth year of Azarias king of Juda began Manaem the son of Gaddi to reign over Israel in Samaria ten years.
2Ki 15:18And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin.
2Ki 15:19In his days went up Phua king of the Assyrians against the land: and Manaem gave to Phua a thousand talents of silver to aid him with his power.
2Ki 15:20And Manaem raised the silver by a tax upon Israel, even on every mighty man in wealth, to give to the king of the Assyrians, fifty shekels levied on each man; and the king of the Assyrians departed, and remained not there in the land.
2Ki 15:21And the rest of the acts of Manaem, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2Ki 15:22And Manaem slept with his fathers; and Phakesias his son reigned in his stead.
2Ki 15:23In the fiftieth year of Azarias king of Juda, [fn]began Phakesias the son of Manaem to reign over Israel in Samaria two years.
2Ki 15:24And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.
2Ki 15:25And Phakee the son of Romelias, his officer, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria in the front of the king's house, with Argob and Aria, and with him there were fifty men of the four hundred: and he slew him, and reigned in his stead.
2Ki 15:26And the rest of the acts of Phakesias, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
2Ki 15:27In the fifty-second year of Azarias king of Juda [fn]began Phakee the son of Romelias to reign over Israel in Samaria twenty years.
2Ki 15:28And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin.
2Ki 15:29In the days of Phakee king of Israel came Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians, and took Ain, and Abel, and Thamaacha, and Anioch, and Kenez, and Asor, and [fn]Galaa, and Galilee, even all the land of Nephthali, and carried them away to the Assyrians.
2Ki 15:30And Osee son of Ela [fn]formed a conspiracy against Phakee the son of Romelias, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Joatham the son of Azarias.
2Ki 15:31And the rest of the acts of Phakee, and all that he did, behold, these are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
2Ki 15:32In the second year of Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel [fn]began Joatham the son of Azarias king of Juda to reign.
2Ki 15:33 [fn]Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerusa daughter of Sadoc.
2Ki 15:34And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all things that his father Azarias did.
2Ki 15:35Nevertheless he took not away the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the Lord's house.
2Ki 15:36And the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all that he did, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
2Ki 15:37In those days the Lord began to [fn]send forth against Juda Raasson king of Syria, and Phakee son of Romelias.
2Ki 15:38And Joatham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.
BES Footnotes
Gr. reigned.
Gr. a son of 16 years was he in his reigning.
Gr. touched.
Gr. made leprous.
The Gr. is from החפשיח.
Gr. reigned.
Heb. קבלעס before the people.
Gr. reigned.
Gr. reigned.
Gr. reigned.
Or, Galaan.
Gr. conspired, etc.
Gr. reigned.
Gr. a son of 25 years in his reigning.
Or, let loose.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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