In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Uzziah 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: and his mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 3He did that which was right in the eyes of YAHWEH1, 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 Uzziah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 7Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of Dawud: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
8In the thirty-eighth year of Uzziah king of Judah, Zakariyya2 son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months. 9He did that which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH, as his fathers had done: he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. 10Shallum 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 Zakariyya, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 12This was the Word of YAHWEH which he spoke to Jehu, saying, “Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.”3 So it came to pass.
13Shallum son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned the space of one month in Samaria. 14Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, and 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 struck Tiphsah, and all who were therein, and its borders, 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 open.
17In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi began to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. 18He did that which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH: he did not depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. 19There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents 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 very wealthy, from 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. 21Now 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? 22Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.
23In the fiftieth year of Uzziah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. 24He did that which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH: he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. 25Pekah 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 with him were fifty men of the Gileadites: and 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 Uzziah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. 28He did that which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH: he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam 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 son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah, and struck him, and killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham 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 son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham 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: and his mother’s name was Jerusha Bint Zadok. 34He did that which was right in the eyes of YAHWEH; 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 the House of YAHWEH. 36Now 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? 37In those days YAHWEH began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah son of Remaliah. 38Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Dawud4 his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
- 15:3 YAHWEH, God’s personal Name revealed to Prophet Musa in the Taurat, Exodus 3:15: ‘God said moreover to Musa, “You shall tell Bani-Israel this, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your fathers, the God of Ibrahim, the God of Ishaq, and the God of Yaqub, has sent me to you.’ This is my Name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered to all generations.”’ ↩︎
- 15:8 Zakariyya, this Arabic name is derived from the Hebrew name Zechariah, which means “YAHWEH remembers.” ↩︎
- 15:12 Fulfilling the promise of God to King Jehu in 2 Kings 10:30 which says: YAHWEH said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.” ↩︎
- 15:38 Dawud, this Arabic name is derived from David (Hebrew) and means “Beloved.” ↩︎