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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Uzziah son of Amaziah began to rule over Judah in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Jeroboam II of Israel. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3He did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight, just as his father, Amaziah, had done. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4But he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The LORD struck the king with leprosy, which lasted until the day he died. He lived in isolation in a separate house. The king’s son Jotham was put in charge of the royal palace, and he governed the people of the land. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6The rest of the events in Uzziah’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7When Uzziah died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. And his son Jotham became the next king. Zechariah Rules in Israel |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Zechariah son of Jeroboam II began to rule over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria six months. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Zechariah did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, as his ancestors had done. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, assassinated him in public, and became the next king. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The rest of the events in Zechariah’s reign are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12So the LORD’s message to Jehu came true: “Your descendants will be kings of Israel down to the fourth generation.” Shallum Rules in Israel |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Shallum son of Jabesh began to rule over Israel in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah. Shallum reigned in Samaria only one month. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Then Menahem son of Gadi went to Samaria from Tirzah and assassinated him, and he became the next king. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15The rest of the events in Shallum’s reign, including his conspiracy, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel. Menahem Rules in Israel |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16At that time Menahem destroyed the town of Tappuah and all the surrounding countryside as far as Tirzah, because its citizens refused to surrender the town. He killed the entire population and ripped open the pregnant women. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Menahem son of Gadi began to rule over Israel in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria ten years. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18But Menahem did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. During his entire reign, he refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Then King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria invaded the land. But Menahem paid him thirty-seven tons of silver to gain his support in tightening his grip on royal power. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Menahem extorted the money from the rich of Israel, demanding that each of them pay fifty pieces of silver to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned from attacking Israel and did not stay in the land. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21The rest of the events in Menahem’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22When Menahem died, his son Pekahiah became the next king. Pekahiah Rules in Israel |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Pekahiah son of Menahem began to rule over Israel in the fiftieth year of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria two years. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24But Pekahiah did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Then Pekah son of Remaliah, the commander of Pekahiah’s army, conspired against him. With fifty men from Gilead, Pekah assassinated the king, along with Argob and Arieh, in the citadel of the palace at Samaria. And Pekah reigned in his place. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26The rest of the events in Pekahiah’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel. Pekah Rules in Israel |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Pekah son of Remaliah began to rule over Israel in the fifty-second year of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria twenty years. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28But Pekah did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29During Pekah’s reign, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria attacked Israel again, and he captured the towns of Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor. He also conquered the regions of Gilead, Galilee, and all of Naphtali, and he took the people to Assyria as captives. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah and assassinated him. He began to rule over Israel in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31The rest of the events in Pekah’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel. Jotham Rules in Judah |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32Jotham son of Uzziah began to rule over Judah in the second year of King Pekah’s reign in Israel. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34Jotham did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight. He did everything his father, Uzziah, had done. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35But he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there. He rebuilt the upper gate of the Temple of the LORD. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36The rest of the events in Jotham’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37In those days the LORD began to send King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah of Israel to attack Judah. |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38When Jotham died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. And his son Ahaz became the next king. |
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