5The Lord afflicted the king, and he had a serious skin disease until the day of his death.15:5 2Ch 26:16–21 He lived in quarantine,15:5 Lit in a house of exemption from duty15:5 Lv 13:46 while Jotham,15:5 2Kg 15:32; 2Ch 27:1; Mc 1:1 the king’s son, was over the household governing the people of the land.15:5 2Ch 26:16–21

6The rest of the events of Azariah’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.15:6 2Kg 14:18

7Azariah rested with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Jotham became king in his place.15:6–7 2Ch 26:22–23

10Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He struck him down publicly,15:10 Some LXX mss read down at Ibleam; Hb uncertain killed him, and became king in his place.15:10 2Kg 12:20

11As for the rest of the events of Zechariah’s reign, they are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.15:11 2Kg 13:8

12The word of the Lord that he spoke to Jehu was, “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel,”15:12 2Kg 10:30 and it was so.

17In the thirty-ninth year of Judah’s King Azariah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel, and he reigned ten years in Samaria.

18He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. Throughout his reign, he did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.15:18 1Kg 12:28–33; 15:26

19King Pul15:19 = Tiglath-pileser15:19 1Ch 5:25–26 of Assyria invaded the land, so Menahem gave Pul seventy-five thousand pounds15:19 Lit 1,000 talents of silver so that Pul would support him to strengthen his grasp on the kingdom.15:19 2Kg 14:5

20Then Menahem exacted twenty ounces15:20 Lit 50 shekels of silver from each of the prominent men of Israel to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not stay there in the land.15:20 2Kg 12:18

21The rest of the events of Menahem’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.

22Menahem rested with his ancestors, and his son Pekahiah became king in his place.15:22 2Kg 14:29

25Then his officer, Pekah15:25 2Ch 28:6 son of Remaliah, conspired against him15:25 2Kg 12:20 and struck him down in Samaria at the citadel of the king’s palace15:25 1Kg 16:8 — with Argob and Arieh.15:25 Hb obscure There were fifty Gileadite men with Pekah. He killed Pekahiah and became king in his place.

26As for the rest of the events of Pekahiah’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, they are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.

29In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser15:29 1Ch 5:6,26 of Assyria came and captured Ijon,15:29 1Kg 15:29 Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee — all the land of Naphtali15:29 Jos 19:32–39 — and deported the people to Assyria.15:29 2Kg 17:6

30Then Hoshea15:30 2Kg 17:1 son of Elah organized a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked him, killed him,15:30 2Kg 12:20 and became king in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.

31As for the rest of the events of Pekah’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, they are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.

36The rest15:36–38 2Ch 27:7–9 of the events of Jotham’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.15:36 2Kg 14:18

37In those days the Lord began sending Aram’s King Rezin and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.15:37 2Kg 16:5; Is 7:1

38Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David.15:38 2Kg 15:7 His son Ahaz became king in his place.