6And 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? 7So 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.

8In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah, king of Judah, Zechariah, the son of Jeroboam, reigned over Israel in Samaria for six months. 9And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as had his fathers; not departing from the sins of Jeroboam I, son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin. 10Then Shallum (one of the commanders of the king’s army), the son of Jabesh, conspired against him, and struck and killed him before the people, and reigned in his stead.

11And the rest of the acts of Zechariah are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 12This was the fulfillment of the word of the LORD which He spoke to Jehu, saying, “Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation.” (2 Kings 10:30) And so it came to be: with Zechariah representing the fourth generation; and the last in Jehu’s line.

13Shallum began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah, king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. 14His brief reign ended when Menahem, son of Gadi, came from Tirzah to Samaria, and killed Shallum, and reigned in his stead.

15And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 16Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah from Tirzah and killed everyone within its border because they would not surrender; and he ripped up all the women in it who were with child.

17 Menahem, son of Gadi, began to reign over Israel in the thirty-ninth year of Azariah, king of Judah, and he reigned ten years in Samaria. 18He also did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; in all his days he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam I, son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin. 19Then Pul (Tiglath-pileser III), the king of Assyria, came against the land of Israel; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver (about 66,140 pounds), to get his help to confirm control of the kingdom. 20And Menahem exacted the money from all the men of wealth of Israel, from each man fifty shekels of silver (about 1¼ pounds), for his gift (bribe) to the king of Assyria. And so the king of Assyria withdrew from Israel.

21And 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? 22And Menahem slept with his fathers; and his son, Pekahiah, reigned in his stead.

23In the fiftieth year of Azariah, king of Judah, Pekahiah, son of Menahem, began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned two years. 24He, too, did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; not departing from the sins of Jeroboam I, son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin. 25But Pekah, one of his captains, and the son of Remaliah, conspired against him, and with Argob and Arieh, and fifty men of the Gileadites, killed him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house; and Pekah reigned in his stead.

26And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

27In the fifty-second year of Azariah, king of Judah, Pekah, son of Remaliah, (the chief officer of king Pekahiah who assassinated him to take the throne) began his reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. 28And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; not departing from the sins of Jeroboam I, son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.

29In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came and took Ijon, Abel-beth-maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried the people captive to Assyria. 30And Hoshea, son of Elah, conspired against Pekah, son of Remaliah, and in the twentieth* year of Jotham, son of Uzziah (*4^th year of Ahaz. Jotham’s son), Hoshea killed Pekah, and reigned in his stead.

31And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

32In the second year of Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham, the son of Uzziah, began his reign as king of Judah, 33 Jotham was twenty-five years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerusha, daughter of Zadok. 34And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD; according to all that his father, Uzziah, had done. 35However, the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the temple of the LORD.

36Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 37In those days the LORD began to send Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, against Judah. 38And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, his father; and Ahaz, his son, reigned in his stead.