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          DASV: 2 Kings 15    

1 Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign in the
twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel.
2 He was sixteen years old when he began to reign. He
reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name
was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.
3 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as
his father Amaziah had done.
4 But the high places were not taken away, the people still
sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
5 The LORD struck the king with leprosy which he suffered
with to the day of his death. He lived in a separate house,
while Jotham, the king's son, was in charge of the palace,
governing the people of the land.
6 Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did,
are they not written in the scroll of the Annals of the
Kings of Judah?
7 Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him
with his fathers in the city of David. Jotham his
son reigned in his place.

8 Zechariah the son of Jeroboam began to reign over
Israel in Samaria six months in the thirty-eighth
year of Azariah king of Judah.
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 the son of Nebat, by which
he led Israel to sin.
10 Now Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against
him, and struck him down in front of the people,
killed him and reigned in his place.
11 Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah are written
in the scroll of the Annals of the Kings of Israel.
12 This fulfilled the word of the LORD which he promised
Jehu, "Your sons will sit on the throne of Israel
to the fourth generation." That is exactly what
happened.

13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the
thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah. He
reigned for one month in Samaria.
14 Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah,
came to Samaria, and attacked Shallum the son of
Jabesh in Samaria. Menahem slew him and reigned
in his place.
15 Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and the
conspiracy he devised, they are written in the
scroll of the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

16 Then Menahem came from Tirzah and destroyed
Tiphsah and all who were in it, along with its
surrounding territory, because they would not
open it to him. Therefore he attacked it and
ripped open all the pregnant women living there.
17 Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over
Israel in the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king
of Judah. He reigned ten years in Samaria.
18 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD.
All his days he did not turn from the sins
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, by which he led
Israel to sin.

19 Pul the king of Assyria invaded the land.
Menahem gave Pul thirty-seven tons of silver,
to gain his support and sanction his control
of the kingdom.
20 Menahem exacted the money of Israel by taxing
the wealthy, fifty shekels of silver from each
one, which he then paid to the king of Assyria.
So the king of Assyria withdrew, and did not
remain in the land.
21 Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all
that he did, are they not written in the scroll
of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?
22 Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah
his son reigned in his place.

23 Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign
over Israel in Samaria in the fiftieth year of
Azariah king of Judah. He reigned for two years.
24 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD.
He did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, by which he led Israel to sin.
25 Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain,
conspired against him, and with fifty men from
Gilead he struck him down in the citadel of the
king's palace in Samaria, along with Argob and
Arieh. Pekah assassinated him and reigned in his
place.
26 Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all
that he did, they are written in the scroll of
the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

27 Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over
Israel in Samaria in the fifty-second year of
Azariah king of Judah. He reigned twenty years.
28 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD.
He did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, by which he led Israel to sin.
29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser
king of Assyria came and captured Ijon,
Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, as well
as the regions of Gilead, Galilee, and all the
land of Naphtali. He carried them captive to
Assyria.
30 Hoshea the son of Elah conspired against Pekah
the son of Remaliah, assassinated him and reigned
in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the
son of Uzziah.
31 Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that
he did, they are written in the scroll of the
Annals of the Kings of Israel.

32 Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah began
to reign in the second year of Pekah the son of
Remaliah king of Israel.
33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to
reign. He reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
His mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
34 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD,
just as his father Uzziah had done.
35 But the high places were not removed. The people
still sacrificed and burned incense on the high
places. He built the Upper Gate at the temple
of the LORD.
36 The rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he
did, are they not written in the scroll of the
Annals of the kings of Judah?
37 In those days the LORD began to send Rezin the
king of Aram, and Pekah the son of Remaliah against
Judah.
38 Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with
them in the city of David his father. Ahaz his son
reigned in his place.

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