2 Kings 15

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Azariah Reigns in Judah

¹In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah^a son of Amaziah became king of Judah.

¹In the twentieth year and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king.

²He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

²He was a son of sixteen years in his reigning, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. And the name of his mother was Jecholiah from Jerusalem.

³And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

³And he did right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that Amaziah his father had done.

⁴Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.

⁴However the high places were not turned aside; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

⁵And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy^a until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

⁵And YHWH struck the king, and he became a leper until the day of his death, and he dwelt in a separate house, and Jotham son of the king was over the house, judging the people of the land.

⁶As for the rest of the acts of Azariah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

⁶And the rest of the acts of Azariah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Words of the Days of the Kings of Judah?

⁷And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them^a in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.

⁷And Azariah rested with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. And Jotham his son reigned in his place.

Zechariah Reigns in Israel

⁸In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria six months.

⁸In the thirtieth year and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria six months.

⁹And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

⁹And he did evil in the eyes of YHWH, as his fathers had done. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.

¹⁰Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people,^a and reigned in his place.

¹⁰And Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him down in front of the people, and he killed him. And he reigned in his place.

¹¹As for the rest of the acts of Zechariah, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

¹¹And the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the Book of the Words of the Days of the Kings of Israel.

¹²So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”

¹²It was the word of YHWH that He had spoken to Jehu, saying, “Sons unto you of the fourth shall sit on the throne of Israel.” And it was so.

Shallum Reigns in Israel

¹³In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s^a reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.

¹³Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirtieth year and ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned a month of days in Samaria.

¹⁴Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.

¹⁴And Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came in to Samaria, and he struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and killed him, and he reigned in his place.

¹⁵As for the rest of the acts of Shallum, along with the conspiracy he led, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

¹⁵And the rest of the acts of Shallum and the conspiracy that he led, behold, they are written in the Book of the Words of the Days of the Kings of Israel.

¹⁶At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.

¹⁶Then Menahem struck Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, because it did not open to him. And he struck it—all its pregnant women he split open.

Menahem Reigns in Israel

¹⁷In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria ten years.

¹⁷In the thirtieth year and ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel ten years in Samaria.

¹⁸And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

¹⁸And he did evil in the eyes of YHWH; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin all his days.

¹⁹Then Pul^a king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver^b in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.

¹⁹Pul king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom under his control.

²⁰Menahem exacted this money from each of the wealthy men of Israel—fifty shekels of silver^a from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.

²⁰And Menahem brought out the silver from Israel, from all the mighty men of wealth, to give to the king of Assyria, fifty shekels of silver for one man. And the king of Assyria turned back and did not stay there in the land.

²¹As for the rest of the acts of Menahem, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

²¹And the rest of the acts of Menahem and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Words of the Days of the Kings of Israel?

²²And Menahem rested with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah reigned in his place.

²²And Menahem rested with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.

Pekahiah Reigns in Israel

²³In the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.

²³In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria two years.

²⁴And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

²⁴And he did evil in the eyes of YHWH; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.

²⁵Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.

²⁵And Pekah son of Remaliah, his officer, conspired against him and killed him in Samaria, in the citadel of the house of the king, along with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites. And He killed him and reigned in his place.

²⁶As for the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, along with all his accomplishments, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

²⁶And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Words of the Days of the Kings of Israel.

Pekah Reigns in Israel

²⁷In the fifty-second year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty years.

²⁷In the fiftieth year and second year of Azariah king of Judah, became king Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel in Samaria twenty years.

²⁸And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

²⁸And he did evil in the eyes of YHWH; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.

²⁹In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.

²⁹In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and seized Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he removed them to Assyria.

³⁰Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.

³⁰And Hoshea son of Elah bound a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah, and he struck him and killed him. And he reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.

³¹As for the rest of the acts of Pekah, along with all his accomplishments, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

³¹And the rest of the acts of Pekah and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Words of the Days of the Kings of Israel.

Jotham Reigns in Judah

³²In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.

³²In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah became king.

³³He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha^a daughter of Zadok.

³³He was a son of twenty-five years in his reigning, and sixteen years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.

³⁴And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.

³⁴And he did right in the eyes of YHWH. According to all that Uzziah his father had done, he did.

³⁵Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.

Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.

³⁵However, the high places were not removed; still the people sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate of the house of YHWH.

³⁶As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

³⁶And the rest of the acts of Jotham and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Words of the Days of the Kings of Judah?

³⁷(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)

³⁷(In those days YHWH began to send against Judah Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah.)

³⁸And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

³⁸And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. And Ahaz his son reigned in his place.