1In the twenty-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 for fifty-two years. His mother's name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
3He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
4The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
5The LORD afflicted the king with a skin disease until the day he died, and he lived in a separate house. Jotham the king's son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
6The rest of the events of Azariah's reign, and all he did, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah.
7Azariah died and was buried near his ancestors in the City of David. And his son Jotham became king after him.
8In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned six months.
9He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, as his predecessors had done. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.
10Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He attacked him in front of the people, assassinated him, and succeeded him as king.
11The rest of the events of Zechariah's reign are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.
12So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: 'Your sons to the fourth generation will sit on the throne of Israel.'
13Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned in Samaria one month.
14Then Menahem son of Gadi went from Tirzah up to Samaria. He attacked Shallum son of Jabesh there, assassinated him, and succeeded him as king.
15The rest of the events of Shallum's reign, and the conspiracy he led, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.
16At that time Menahem destroyed the town of Tiphsah and everyone in it, including its territory from Tirzah, because the people there refused to open the gates. He ransacked it and ripped open all the pregnant women.
17In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria ten years.
18He did what was evil in the LORD's sight. During his entire reign he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.
19Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave him a thousand talents of silver to gain his support and strengthen his own hold on the kingdom.
20Menahem exacted this silver from Israel. Every wealthy person had to contribute fifty shekels of silver to be given to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and stayed in the land no longer.
21The rest of the events of Menahem's reign, and all he did, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.
22Menahem died and his son Pekahiah became king after him.
23In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned two years.
24He did what was evil in the LORD's sight. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.
25One of his chief officers, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him. Taking fifty men of Gilead with him, he attacked Pekahiah along with Argob and Arieh in the citadel of the royal palace at Samaria. So Pekah killed Pekahiah and succeeded him as king.
26The rest of the events of Pekahiah's reign, and all he did, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.
27In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twenty years.
28He did what was evil in the LORD's sight. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.
29In the time of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and deported the people to Assyria.
30Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked and assassinated him, and then succeeded him as king in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
31The rest of the events of Pekah's reign, and all he did, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.
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 daughter of Zadok.
34He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.
35The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the LORD.
36The rest of the events of Jotham's reign, and all he did, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah.
37In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.
38Jotham died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David, the city of his father. And his son Ahaz became king after him.