1 Kings
Chapter Fifteen
1 ¶ In the twenty-seventh
year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah,
became king.
2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years
in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
3 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that
his father Amaziah had done,
4 except that the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed
and burned incense on the high places.
5 Then the LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper until the day of his
death; so he dwelt in an isolated house. And Jotham the king's son was over
the royal house, judging the people of the land.
6 Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
7 So Azariah rested with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in
the City of David. Then Jotham his son reigned in his place.
8 ¶ In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son
of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.
9 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done; he did
not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.
10 Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck and killed
him in front of the people; and he reigned in his place.
11 Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, indeed they are written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
12 This was the word of the LORD which He spoke to Jehu, saying, "Your
sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation." And so
it was.
13 Shallum the son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah
king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, and struck
Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and killed him; and he reigned in his place.
15 Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and the conspiracy which he led, indeed
they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
16 Then from Tirzah, Menahem attacked Tiphsah, all who were there, and its territory.
Because they did not surrender, therefore he attacked it. All the women there
who were with child he ripped open.
17 In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi
became king over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.
18 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart all his days
from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.
19 Pul 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.
20 And Menahem exacted the money from Israel, from all the very wealthy, from
each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king
of Assyria turned back, and did not stay there in the land.
21 Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
22 So Menahem rested with his fathers. Then Pekahiah his son reigned in his
place.
23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem
became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
24 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from the sins
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.
25 Then Pekah the son of Remaliah, an officer of his, conspired against him
and killed him in Samaria, in the citadel of the king's house, along with Argob
and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of Gilead. He killed him and reigned
in his place.
26 Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, indeed they are
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah
became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
28 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from the sins
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.
29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came
and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee,
all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
30 Then Hoshea the son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah,
and struck and killed him; so he reigned in his place in the twentieth year
of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
31 Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, indeed they are written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
32 ¶ In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham
the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign.
33 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen
years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
34 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD; he did according to all
that his father Uzziah had done.
35 However 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.
36 Now 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?
37 In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son
of Remaliah against Judah.
38 So Jotham rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the
City of David his father. Then Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
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