¶ In the¹ twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah³ son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

⁵And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

Save that the high places⁶ were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

⁷And the LORD smote the king, so that⁸ he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt⁹ in a several house. And Jotham¹⁰ the king's son was over the house, judging¹¹ the people of the land.

And the rest of the acts of Azariah¹², and all that he did, are they not written¹³ in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

¹⁴So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

¶ In the thirty¹⁶ and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah¹⁷ the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his¹⁸ fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

¶ And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him¹⁹ before the people, and slew him,²⁰ and reigned in his stead.

²¹And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

This was the word²² of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so²⁴ it came to pass.

Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah²⁵ king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.

For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah²⁸, and came to Samaria, and smote²⁹ Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

³⁰And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women³² therein that were with child he ripped up.

In the nine³³ and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.

³⁴And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

And Pul³⁵ the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem³⁶ gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm³⁷ the kingdom in his hand.

¶ And Menahem³⁸ exacted³⁹ the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man⁴⁰ fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not⁴¹ there in the land.

And 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?

And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.

In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years⁴³.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

But Pekah⁴⁵ the son of Remaliah, a captain⁴⁶ of his, conspired⁴⁷ against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob⁴⁸ and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.

⁴⁹And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

In the two⁵⁰ and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah⁵¹ the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.

And he did that which was evil⁵² in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser⁵³ king of Assyria, and took Ijon⁵⁵, and Abelbethmaachah⁵⁶, and Janoah⁵⁷, and Kedesh, and Hazor⁵⁹, and Gilead⁶⁰, and Galilee⁶¹, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them⁶² captive to Assyria.

¶ And Hoshea the son of Elah made⁶³ a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote⁶⁴ him, and slew him, and reigned⁶⁵ in his stead, in the twentieth⁶⁶ year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

And 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.

¶ In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham⁶⁷ the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha⁷⁰, the daughter of Zadok.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according⁷² to all that his father Uzziah had done.

Howbeit⁷³ the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate⁷⁴ of the house of the LORD.

Now the rest⁷⁵ 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?

In those days⁷⁶ the LORD began⁷⁷ to send⁷⁸ against Judah Rezin⁷⁹ the king of Syria, and Pekah⁸⁰ the son of Remaliah.

And Jotham⁸¹ slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz⁸² his son reigned in his stead.