2 Kings 15 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Series of Kings: Azariah (Uzziah) over Judah

(2Ch 26:3–23 )

2Ki 15:1In the twenty-seventh year of Jerobo'am king of Israel Azari'ah the son of Amazi'ah, king of Judah, began to reign.

2Ki 15:2

2Ki 15:2He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoli'ah of Jerusalem.

2Ki 15:3

2Ki 15:3And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amazi'ah had done.

2Ki 15:4

2Ki 15:4Nevertheless the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

2Ki 15:5

2Ki 15:5And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and he dwelt in a separate house. And Jotham the king's son was over the household, governing the people of the land.

2Ki 15:6

2Ki 15:6Now the rest of the acts of Azari'ah, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

2Ki 15:7

2Ki 15:7And Azari'ah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

Zechariah over Israel

2Ki 15:8

2Ki 15:8In the thirty-eighth year of Azari'ah king of Judah Zechari'ah the son of Jerobo'am reigned over Israel in Sama'ria six months.

2Ki 15:9

2Ki 15:9And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not depart from the sins of Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.

2Ki 15:10

2Ki 15:10Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him down at Ibleam, and killed him, and reigned in his stead.

2Ki 15:11

2Ki 15:11Now the rest of the deeds of Zechari'ah, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

2Ki 15:12

2Ki 15:12(This was the promise of the LORD which he gave to Jehu, "Your sons shall sit upon the throne of Israel to the fourth generation." And so it came to pass.)

2Ki 15:13

2Ki 15:13Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzzi'ah king of Judah, and he reigned one month in Sama'ria.

2Ki 15:14

2Ki 15:14Then Men'ahem the son of Gadi came up from Tirzah and came to Sama'ria, and he struck down Shallum the son of Jabesh in Sama'ria and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

2Ki 15:15

2Ki 15:15Now the rest of the deeds of Shallum, and the conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

2Ki 15:16

2Ki 15:16At that time Men'ahem sacked Tappuah and all who were in it and its territory from Tirzah on; because they did not open it to him, therefore he sacked it, and he ripped up all the women in it who were with child.

Menahem over Israel

2Ki 15:17

2Ki 15:17In the thirty-ninth year of Azari'ah king of Judah Men'ahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel, and he reigned ten years in Sama'ria.

2Ki 15:18

2Ki 15:18And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart all his days from all the sins of Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.

2Ki 15:19

2Ki 15:19Pul the king of Assyria came against the land; and Men'ahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that he might help him to confirm his hold of the royal power.

2Ki 15:20

2Ki 15:20Men'ahem exacted the money from Israel, that is, from all the wealthy men, fifty shekels of silver from every man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and did not stay there in the land.

2Ki 15:21

2Ki 15:21Now the rest of the deeds of Men'ahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

2Ki 15:22

2Ki 15:22And Men'ahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahi'ah his son reigned in his stead.

Pekahiah over Israel

2Ki 15:23

2Ki 15:23In the fiftieth year of Azari'ah king of Judah Pekahi'ah the son of Men'ahem began to reign over Israel in Sama'ria, and he reigned two years.

2Ki 15:24

2Ki 15:24And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not turn away from the sins of Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.

2Ki 15:25

2Ki 15:25And Pekah the son of Remali'ah, his captain, conspired against him with fifty men of the Gileadites, and slew him in Sama'ria, in the citadel of the king's house; he slew him, and reigned in his stead.

2Ki 15:26

2Ki 15:26Now the rest of the deeds of Pekahi'ah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

Pekah over Israel

2Ki 15:27

2Ki 15:27In the fifty-second year of Azari'ah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remali'ah began to reign over Israel in Sama'ria, and reigned twenty years.

2Ki 15:28

2Ki 15:28And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from the sins of Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.

2Ki 15:29

2Ki 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel Tig'lath-pile'ser king of Assyria came and captured I'jon, A'bel-beth-ma'acah, Jan-o'ah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naph'tali; and he carried the people captive to Assyria.

2Ki 15:30

2Ki 15:30Then Hoshe'a the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remali'ah, and struck him down, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzzi'ah.

2Ki 15:31

2Ki 15:31Now 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.

Jotham over Judah

(2Ch 27:1–9 )

2Ki 15:32

2Ki 15:32In the second year of Pekah the son of Remali'ah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzzi'ah, king of Judah, began to reign.

2Ki 15:33

2Ki 15:33He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jeru'sha the daughter of Zadok.

2Ki 15:34

2Ki 15:34And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzzi'ah had done.

2Ki 15:35

2Ki 15:35Nevertheless the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD.

2Ki 15:36

2Ki 15:36Now 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?

2Ki 15:37

2Ki 15:37In those days the LORD began to send Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remali'ah against Judah.

2Ki 15:38

2Ki 15:38Jotham 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.

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