{2Ki 14:17-22, 15:1-7 **}
15:1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam King of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. 15:2 He was sixteen years old when he began to reign and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 15:3 And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 15:4 However the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
15:5 And Jehovah struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death and dwelt in a separate house. And Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.
{2Ki 14:28-29, 15:8-29, 15:6-7 **}
15:6 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? 15:7 And Azariah slept with his fathers and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David. And Jotham his son reigned instead of him.
{2Ki 14:28-29, 15:8-29, 15:6-7 **}
15:8 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months. 15:9 And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as his fathers had done. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.15:10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him before the people and killed him and reigned instead of him.
15:11 Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 15:12 This was the word of Jehovah which he spoke to Jehu, saying, Your sons to the fourth generation will sit upon the throne of Israel. And so it happened.
15:13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah and he reigned the space of a month in Samaria. 15:14 And Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and killed him and reigned instead of him.
15:15 Now 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.
15:16 Then Menahem struck Tiphsah and all that were in it and the borders of it, from Tirzah, because they did not open to him, therefore he struck it. And all the women in it who were with child he ripped up.
15:17 In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. 15:18 And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah. He did not depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
15:19 Pul the king of Assyria came against the land. And Menahem gave Pul a thousand talants of silver that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. 15:20 And Menahem exacted the money from Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of 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.
15:21 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? 15:22 And Menahem slept with his fathers and Pekahiah his son reigned instead of him.
15:23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. 15:24 And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. 15:25 And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him and struck him in Samaria, in the castle of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh. And fifty men of the Gileadites with him were there. And he killed him and reigned instead of him.
15:26 Now 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.
15:27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. 15:28And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
15:29 In the days of Pekah King of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali. And he carried them captive to Assyria.
{2Ki 15:30-31, 17:1-4 **}
15:30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah and struck him and killed him and reigned instead of him in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
15:31 Now 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.
{2Ki 15:32-38} {2Ch 27:1-9} {Mic 1:1-16}
15:32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah King of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah began to reign. 15:33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jericho the daughter of Zadok. 15:34 And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah. He did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 15:35However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.
15:36 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? 15:37 In those days Jehovah began to send Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah. 15:38 And Jotham slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father. And Ahaz his son reigned instead of him.