2 Kings 15
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Judah’s King Azariah
1In the twenty-seventh year of Israel’s King Jeroboam, Azariah # = Uzziah in 2Ch 26:3 # 2Kg 14:21 son of Amaziah became king of Judah. # 2Ch 26:3-5 2He was 16 years old when he became king and reigned 52 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah, who was from Jerusalem. 3Azariah did what was right in the Lord’s sight # 1Kg 14:8 just as his father Amaziah had done. 4Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. # 2Kg 14:3-4
5The Lord afflicted the king, and he had a serious skin disease until the day of his death. # 2Ch 26:16-21 He lived in a separate house, # Lit house of freedom, or house of exemption # Lv 13:46 while Jotham, # 2Kg 15:32; 2Ch 27:1; Mc 1:1 the king’s son, was over the household governing the people of the land. # 2Ch 26:16-21
6The rest of the events of Azariah’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings. # 2Kg 14:18 7Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. His son Jotham became king in his place. # 2Ch 26:22-23
Israel’s King Zechariah
8In the thirty-eighth year of Judah’s King Azariah, Zechariah # 2Kg 14:29 son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria for six months. 9He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight as his fathers had done. # 2Kg 14:24 He did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit. # 1Kg 12:28-33; 13:33-34
10Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He struck him down publicly, # Some LXX mss read at Ibleam ; Hb uncertain killed him, and became king in his place. # 2Kg 12:20 11As for the rest of the events of Zechariah’s reign, they are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings. # 2Kg 13:8 12The word of the Lord that He spoke to Jehu was, “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel,” # 2Kg 10:30 and it was so.
Israel’s King Shallum
13In the thirty-ninth year of Judah’s King Uzziah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king; he reigned in Samaria # 1Kg 16:24 a full month. 14Then Menahem son of Gadi came up from Tirzah # 1Kg 14:17 to Samaria and struck down Shallum son of Jabesh there. He killed him and became king in his place. 15As for the rest of the events of Shallum’s reign, along with the conspiracy that he formed, they are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.
Israel’s King Menahem
16At that time, starting from Tirzah, Menahem attacked Tiphsah, # 1Kg 4:24 all who were in it, and its territory. Because they wouldn’t surrender, # Dt 20:11 he attacked it and ripped open all the pregnant women. # 2Kg 8:12; Hs 13:16; Am 1:13
17In the thirty-ninth year of Judah’s King Azariah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel and reigned 10 years in Samaria. 18He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. Throughout his reign, he did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit. # 1Kg 12:28-33; 15:26
19Pul # = Tiglath-pileser # 1Ch 5:25-26 king of Assyria invaded the land, so Menahem gave Pul 75,000 pounds # Lit 1,000 talents of silver so that Pul would support him to strengthen his grip on the kingdom. # 2Kg 14:5 20Then Menahem exacted 20 ounces # Lit 50 shekels of silver from each of the wealthy men of Israel to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not stay there in the land. # 2Kg 12:18
21The rest of the events of Menahem’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings. 22Menahem rested with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah became king in his place. # 2Kg 14:29
Israel’s King Pekahiah
23In the fiftieth year of Judah’s King Azariah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned two years. 24He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight and did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit. # 1Kg 12:28-33
25Then his officer, Pekah # 2Ch 28:6 son of Remaliah, conspired against him # 2Kg 12:20 and struck him down in Samaria at the citadel of the king’s palace # 1Kg 16:8 — as well as Argob and Arieh. # Hb obscure There were 50 Gileadite men with Pekah. He killed Pekahiah and became king in his place.
26As for the rest of the events of Pekahiah’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, they are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.
Israel’s King Pekah
27In the fifty-second year of Judah’s King Azariah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned 20 years. 28He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. He did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser # 1Ch 5:6,26 king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, # 1Kg 15:29 Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee — all the land of Naphtali # Jos 19:32-39 — and deported the people to Assyria. # 2Kg 17:6
30Then Hoshea # 2Kg 17:1 son of Elah organized a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked him, killed him, # 2Kg 12:20 and became king in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
31As for the rest of the events of Pekah’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, they are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.
Judah’s King Jotham
32In the second year of Israel’s King Pekah son of Remaliah, Jotham # 2Kg 15:5,7 son of Uzziah became king of Judah. 33He was 25 years old when he became king # 2Ch 27:1-3 and reigned 16 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok. 34He did what was right in the Lord’s sight just as his father Uzziah had done. # 2Kg 15:3-4 35Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
Jotham built the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple. # 2Ch 27:3 36The rest # 2Ch 27:7-9 of the events of Jotham’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, they are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings. # 2Kg 14:18 37In those days the Lord began sending Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah. # 2Kg 16:5; Is 7:1 38Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of his ancestor David. # 2Kg 15:7 His son Ahaz became king in his place.
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1In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. 2He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 3He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 4However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. 5Yahweh struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham, the king’s son, was over the household, judging the people of the land. 6Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 7Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in David’s city; and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
8In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months. 9He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as his fathers had done. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. 10Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him before the people and killed him, and reigned in his place. 11Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 12This was Yahweh’s word which he spoke to Jehu, saying, “Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.” So it came to pass.
13Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned for a month in Samaria. 14Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, killed him, and reigned in his place. 15Now 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.
16Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its border areas, from Tirzah. He attacked it because they didn’t open their gates to him, and he ripped up all their women who were with child.
17In the thirty ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel for ten years in Samaria. 18He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight. He didn’t depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. 19Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents#15:19 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds, so 1000 talents is about 30 metric tons of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. 20Menahem exacted the money from Israel, even from all the mighty men of wealth, from each man fifty shekels#15:20 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 50 shekels was about 0.5 kilograms or 1.1 pounds. of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and didn’t stay there in the land. 21Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 22Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.
23In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria for two years. 24He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. 25Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him and attacked him in Samaria, in the fortress of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites. He killed him, and reigned in his place. 26Now 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.
27In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria for twenty years. 28He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. 29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria. 30Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, attacked him, killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. 31Now 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.
32In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah began to reign. 33He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. 34He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes. He did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 35However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of Yahweh’s house. 36Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 37In those days, Yahweh began to send Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah. 38Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
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