1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah, king of Judah, became king.
2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
3 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done in everything.
4 The high places, however, were not removed; the people went on sacrificing and burning incense at the high places.
5 The LORD afflicted the king, and he had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house, while Jotham, the king's son, was in charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
6 As for the rest of the deeds of Azariah and all he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
7 Azariah lay down with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of David, and his son Jotham became king in his place.
8 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.
9 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done; he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he caused Israel to sin.
10 Shallum son of Jabesh plotted against him, attacked him in front of the people, killed him and became king in his place.
11 As for the rest of the deeds of Zechariah, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
12 So the word the LORD had spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: "Your descendants to the fourth generation will sit on Israel's throne." And that is how it turned out.
13 Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned one full month in Samaria.
14 Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, killed him and became king in his place.
15 As for the rest of the deeds of Shallum, and the conspiracy that he made, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
16 At that time Menahem, setting out from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in it and in its territory, because they would not open their gates to him. He sacked it and ripped open all its pregnant women.
17 In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel, and he reigned ten years in Samaria.
18 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; as long as he lived he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he caused Israel to sin.
19 When Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, Menahem paid Pul a thousand talents of silver to win his support and make his own grip on the kingship firm.
20 Menahem raised the silver from Israel by levying it on all the wealthy men, fifty shekels of silver apiece, to pay the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not stay in the land.
21 As for the rest of the deeds of Menahem and all he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
22 Menahem lay down with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah became king in his place.
23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned two years.
24 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he caused Israel to sin.
25 His officer Pekah son of Remaliah plotted against him and, with fifty Gileadite men, assassinated him in Samaria in the stronghold of the palace, along with Argob and Arieh. He killed him and became king in his place.
26 As for the rest of the deeds of Pekahiah and all he did, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twenty years.
28 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he caused Israel to sin.
29 During the reign of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and seized Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead and Galilee, the whole land of Naphtali, and deported the people to Assyria.
30 Then Hoshea son of Elah formed a plot against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked him, killed him and became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
31 As for the rest of the deeds of Pekah and all he did, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
32 In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, became king.
33 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
34 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, doing just as his father Uzziah had done.
35 The high places, however, were not removed; the people went on sacrificing and burning incense at the high places. He was the one who built the Upper Gate of the LORD's house.
36 As for the rest of the deeds of Jotham, what he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
37 In those days the LORD began sending Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.
38 Jotham lay down with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Ahaz became king in his place.