2 Kings 14:16-29

Jehoash rested with his ancestors, and he was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam became king in his place. Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash lived fifteen years after the death of Israel’s King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz.  The rest of the events of Amaziah’s reign are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.  A conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem,  and he fled to Lachish.  However, men were sent after him to Lachish, and they put him to death there. They carried him back  on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David.  Then all the people of Judah took Azariah,  , who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. After Amaziah the king rested with his ancestors, Azariah rebuilt Elath  , and restored it to Judah. In the fifteenth year of Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash, Jeroboam  son of Jehoash became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. He did not turn away from all the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.  He restored Israel’s border  from Lebo-hamath  as far as the Sea of the Arabah,  according to the word the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through his servant, the prophet Jonah  son of Amittai from Gath-hepher.  For the LORD saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter  for both slaves and free people.  There was no one to help Israel. The LORD had not said he would blot out the name of Israel under heaven,  so he delivered  them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash. The rest of the events of Jeroboam’s reign — along with all his accomplishments, the power he had to wage war, and how he recovered for Israel Damascus  and Hamath,  which had belonged to Judah  — are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.  Jeroboam rested with his ancestors, the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah became king in his place.