25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain,
according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant
Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which wasof Gathhepher.
26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it wasvery bitter: for there wasnot any shut
up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he
saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and
how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belongedto Judah, for Israel, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, evenwith the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son
reigned in his stead.
1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king
of Judah to reign.
2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasJecholiah of Jerusalem.
3 And he did that which wasright in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father
Amaziah had done;
4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on
the high places.
5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a
several house. And Jotham the king's son wasover the house, judging the people of the land.
6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
7 So 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.
8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign
over Israel in Samaria six months.
9 And he did that which wasevil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed
not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and
slew him, and reigned in his stead.
11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they arewritten in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel.
12 This wasthe word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the
throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of
Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum
the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
15 And 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.
16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that weretherein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah:
because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; andall the women therein that were
with child he ripped up.
17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to
reign over Israel, and reignedten years in Samaria.
18 And he did that which wasevil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

19 AndPul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents
of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, evenof all the mighty men of wealth, of each man
fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and
stayed not there in the land.
21 And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign
over Israel in Samaria, and reignedtwo years.
24 And he did that which wasevil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in
Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the
Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they arewritten in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to
reign over Israel in Samaria, and reignedtwenty years.
28 And he did that which wasevil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and
Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of
Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote
him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they arewritten in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of
Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasJerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
34 And he did that which wasright in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his
father Uzziah had done.
35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in
the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the
son of Remaliah.
38 And 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.
1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah
began to reign.
2 Twenty years old wasAhaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem,
and did not that which wasright in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the
fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the
children of Israel.

4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green
tree.
5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to
war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and
the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I amthy servant and thy
son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of
Israel, which rise up against me.
8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the
treasures of the king's house, and sent it fora present to the king of Assyria.
9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against
Damascus, and took it, and carried the people ofit captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar
that wasat Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the
pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus:
so Urijah the priest made itagainst king Ahaz came from Damascus.
12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached
to the altar, and offered thereon.
13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and
sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.
14 And he brought also the brasen altar, which wasbefore the LORD, from the forefront of the
house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the
altar.
15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning
burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat
offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their
drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the
sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and
took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that wereunder it, and put it upon a pavement of
stones.
18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without,
turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, arethey not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and
Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria
over Israel nine years.
2 And he did that which wasevil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that
were before him.
3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave
him presents.
4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of
Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had doneyear by year: therefore the
king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.