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 was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
3 And he did that which was right 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 was over the house, judging the people of the land.
6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they 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 was evil 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 are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
12 This was the 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 were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all 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 reigned ten years in Samaria.
18 And he did that which was evil 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 And Pul 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, even of 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, are they 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 reigned two years.
24 And he did that which was evil 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 are written 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 reigned twenty years.
28 And he did that which was evil 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 Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, 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 are written 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 was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
34 And he did that which was right 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, are they 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.

1In the twenty and seuenth yeere of Ieroboam king of Israel, began Azariah sonne of Amaziah king of Iudah to reigne.

2Sixteene yeeres old was he when he began to reigne, and he reigned two aud fifty yeeres in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Iecholiah of Ierusalem.

3And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

4Saue that the high places were not remoued: the people sacrificed, and burnt incense still on the high places.

5 And the Lord smote the king, so that hee was a Leper vnto the day of his death, and dwelt in a seuerall house, and Iotham the kings sonne was ouer the house, iudging the people of the land.

6And the rest of the actes of Azariah, and all that hee did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the kings of Iudah?

7So Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of Dauid, and Iotham his sonne reigned in his stead.

8 In the thirty and eight yeere of Azariah king of Iudah, did Zachariah the sonne of Ieroboam reigne ouer Israel in Samaria sixe moneths.

9And hee did that which was euil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, who made Israel to sinne.

10And Shallum the sonne of Iabesh, conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slewe him, and reigned in his stead.

11And the rest of the actes of Zachariah, beholde, they are written in the booke of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

12This was the word of the Lord which he spake vnto Iehu, saying, Thy sonnes shall sit on the throne of Israel, vnto the fourth generation. And so it came to passe.

13 Shallum the sonne of Iabesh began to reigne in the nine and thirtieth yeere of Uzziah king of Iudah, and he reigned a full moneth in Samaria.

14For Menahem the sonne of Gadi, went vp from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the sonne of Iabesh, in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

15And the rest of the actes of Shallum, and the conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the booke of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therfore he smote it, and all the women therein that were with child, he ript vp.

17In the nine and thirtieth yeere of Azariah king of Iudah, began Menahem the sonne of Gadi to reigne ouer Israel, and reigned tenne yeres in Samaria.

18And he did that which was euill in the sight of the Lord: hee departed not all his dayes from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, who made Israel to sinne.

19And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gaue Pul a thousand talents of siluer, that his hand might be with him, to confirm the kingdome in his hand.

20And Menahem exacted the mony of Israel, euen of all the mightie men of wealth, of each man fiftie shekels of siluer, to giue to the king of Assyria: so the king of Assyria turned backe, and stayed not there in the land.

21 And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

22And Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his sonne reigned in his stead.

23 In the fiftieth yere of Azariah king of Iudah, Pekahiah the sonne of Menahem began to reigne ouer Israel in Samaria, and reigned two yeeres.

24And he did that which was euill in the sight of the Lord, hee departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, who made Israel to sinne.

25But Pekah the sonne of Remaliah, a captaine of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the kings house, with Argob, and Arieh, and with him fiftie men of the Gileadites: and hee killed him, and reigned in his roume.

26And the rest of the actes of Pekahiah, and all that he did, beholde, they are written in the booke of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

27 In the two and fiftieth yeere of Azariah king of Iudah, Pekah the sonne of Remaliah began to reigne ouer Israel in Samaria, and reigned twentie yeeres.

28And he did that which was euill in the sight of the Lord, hee departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, who made Israel to sinne.

29In the dayes of Pekah king of Israel, came Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and tooke Iion, and Abel-Beth-maachah, and Ianoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and caried them captiue to Assyria.

30And Hoshea the sonne of Elah, made a conspiracie against Pekah the sonne of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth yeere of Iotham the sonne of Uzziah.

31And the rest of the actes of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the booke of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

32 In the second yeere of Pekah the sonne of Remaliah king of Israel, began Iotham the sonne of Uzziah king of Iudah to reigne.

33Fiue and twentie yeeres olde was he when he began to reigne, and hee reigned sixteene yeeres in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Ierusha, the daughter of Zadok.

34And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord: hee did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

35 Howbeit, the high places were not remoued: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still in the high places: He built the higher gate of the house of the Lord.

36 Now the rest of the actes of Iotham, and all that hee did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the kings of Iudah?

37(In those dayes the Lord began to send against Iudah, Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the sonne of Remaliah)

38And Iotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid his father, and Ahaz his sonne reigned in his stead.

I == 2nd Kings 14:21 ; 15:13 , 30 ; 2nd chr 26:1 , 3-4

 

 

 

 

 

IV == 2nd Kings 12:3 ; 14:4 ; 15:35

V == Lev 13:46 ; 2nd Chr 26:19-21

 

 

 

 

 

VII == 2nd Chr 26:23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X == Amos 7:9

 

 

 

 

XII == 2nd Kings 10:30

 

 

XIII == 2nd Kings 10:30

XIII == 2nd Kings 15:1 ; Matt 1:6 , 9

 

XIV == 1st Kings 14:17

 

 

 

XVI == 1st Kings 4:24 ; 2nd Kings 8:12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XIX == 2nd Kings 14:5 ; 1st Chr 5:26 ; Isa 9:1 ; Hos 8:9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XXVII == Isa 7:1

 

 

 

 

 

XXIX== 1st Kings 15:20 ; 1st Chr 5:26 ; Isa 9:1

 

 

 

XXX == 2nd Kings 17:1 ; Hos 10:3 , 7 , 15

 

 

 

 

XXXII == 2nd Chr 27:1

 

 

 

 

 

XXXIV == 2nd Kings 15:3

 

XXXV == 2nd Kings 15:4 ; 2nd Chr 27:3

 

 

 

XXXVII == 2nd Kings 16:5 ; 15:27 ; Isa 7:1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Azariah, son of Amaziah, king of Judah, became king in the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam, king of Israel.

2 He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother, whose name was Jecholiah, was from Jerusalem.

3 He pleased the LORD just as his father Amaziah had done.

4 Yet the high places did not disappear; the people continued to sacrifice and to burn incense on them.

5 The LORD afflicted the king, and he was a leper to the day of his death. He lived in a house apart, while Jotham, the king's son, was vizier and regent for the people of the land.

6 The rest of the acts of Azariah, and all his accomplishments, are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

7 Azariah rested with his ancestors, and was buried with them in the City of David. His son Jotham succeeded him as king.

8 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah, king of Judah, Zechariah, son of Jeroboam, was king of Israel in Samaria for six months.

9 He did evil in the sight of the LORD as his fathers had done, and did not desist from the sins which Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had caused Israel to commit.

10 Shallum, son of Jabesh, conspired against Zechariah, attacked and killed him at Ibleam, and reigned in his place.

11 The rest of the acts of Zechariah are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

12 Thus the LORD'S promise to Jehu, "Your descendants to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel," was fulfilled.

13 Shallum, son of Jabesh, became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah, king of Judah; he reigned one month in Samaria.

14 Menahem, son of Gadi, came up from Tirzah to Samaria, where he attacked and killed Shallum, son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.

15 The rest of the acts of Shallum, and the fact of his conspiracy, are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

16 At that time, Menahem punished Tappuah, all the inhabitants of the town and of its whole district, because on his way from Tirzah they did not let him in. He punished them even to ripping open all the pregnant women.

17 In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah, king of Judah, Menahem, son of Gadi, began his ten-year reign over Samaria.

18 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, not desisting from the sins which Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had caused Israel to commit. During his reign,

19 Pul, king of Assyria, invaded the land, and Menahem gave him a thousand talents of silver to have his assistance in strengthening his hold on the kingdom.

20 Menahem secured the money to give to the king of Assyria by exacting it from all the men of substance in the country, fifty silver shekels from each. The king of Assyria did not remain in the country but withdrew.

21 The rest of the acts of Menahem, and all his accomplishments, are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

22 Menahem rested with his ancestors, and his son Pekahiah succeeded him as king.

23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah, king of Judah, Pekahiah, son of Menahem, began his two-year reign over Israel in Samaria.

24 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, not desisting from the sins which Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had caused Israel to commit.

25 His adjutant Pekah, son of Remaliah, who had with him fifty men from Gilead, conspired against him, killed him within the palace stronghold in Samaria, and reigned in his place.

26 The rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all his accomplishments, are recorded 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, began his twenty-year reign over Israel in Samaria.

28 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, not desisting from the sins which Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had caused Israel to commit.

29 During the reign of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came and took Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, all the territory of Naphtali, Gilead, and Galilee, deporting the inhabitants to Assyria.

30 Hoshea, son of Elah, conspired against Pekah, son of Remaliah; he attacked and killed him, and reigned in his place (in the twentieth year of Jotham, son of Uzziah).

31 The rest of the acts of Pekah, and all his accomplishments, are recorded 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, began to reign.

33 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerusha, daughter of Zadok.

34 He pleased the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.

35 Nevertheless the high places did not disappear and the people continued to sacrifice and to burn incense on them. It was he who built the Upper Gate of the temple of the LORD.

36 The rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his accomplishments, are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

37 It was at that time that the LORD first loosed Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, against Judah.

38 Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in his forefather's City of David. His son Ahaz succeeded him as king.

v 1-4. As in 14:21,22, Azariah, who was Uzziah, began to reign at sixteen when his father was taken captive, and after his death, he had sole reign. With 2 Chr. 26:1-5 we see that Jechiliah was his mother’s name, and he was a good king like his father, but neither was he able to remove the high places. As long as he followed the counsel of Zechariah, the Lord caused him to prosper. He reigned 52 years, which was longer than any of the kings of Israel and Judah to this date (Manasseh 55). Later in this chapter we will see that Israel had seven kings during the time of his reign. Building Elath on the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba was significant because Edom had taken it in rebellion against his great, great grandfather, Jehoram, 2 Chr. 21:8-10 .
2 Chr. 26:6-15 Tells of his other achievements. Verses 6-8 tell of capturing some Philistine cities and rebuilding others. He had victories over Arabians, Ammonites gave him tribute, and his fame went as far as Egypt. Within the country he built fortified towers including some in Jerusalem, probably in connection with rebuilding the wall torn down by Jehoash of Israel, 25:23. He had agricultural exploits, having wells dug for his many cattle, and vineyards which were his special hobby. Militarily, he had a large army with 2600 officers and 307,500 men. In addition to the usual and latest fighting equipment, he had slings to cast stones. In Jerusalem he had skillful men invent new devices to have on the walls and bulwarks to shoot arrows and great stones. This was modern warfare for that day and he increased in fame and power.
Engines were devices or inventions. Stones thrown were 50-300 pounds. Arrows were from small beams to large, and had a range of over a quarter of a mile. Battering rams had a metal head on a beam long enough to require 100-200 men to impel it. Heavier ones were on a movable tower and would really break down a wall.

v 5-7. The Lord smote Uzziah with leprosy for intruding into the priest’s office, and he had to dwell in a separate house from others, as required of a leper, till he died. Probably this was just outside the city wall. His son, Jotham, acted as his father’s executor over all the affairs of the land, then became king at Uzziah’s death.
2 Chr. 26:16-21 adds. With power, described in v 6-15, came pride, and he entered the temple to burn incense. Azariah the priest and 80 other priests rushed after him into the temple, told him only the sons of Aaron were to do that, and ordered him to leave. They warned that this would displease the Lord. He might have been spared if he had repented and quickly left, but he remained with the censer in his hand and became angry at them. While he stood in anger before them, leprosy broke out on his forehead. This made him ceremonially unclean, and though they would have thrust him out, he hastened out on his own. God no doubt forgave him, but his was a grave offense and he was cut off from the house of the Lord, which in many cases meant death. Ostracism as a leper continued after his death, and he was buried in the field near the kings, but not with them. Reference is made to Uzziah in Isaiah 1:1 and 6:1.

v 8-12. Zechariah only reigned over Israel 6 months before being murdered in public by Shallum, thus ending Jehu’s four descendant dynasty.

v 13-15. Shallum reigned one month and was murdered by Menahem.

v 16-22. Menahem was evil, knifed open pregnant women and reigned 10 years.
He extracted money from wealthy men to pay off Assyria with 37 tons of silver.

v 25-28. Pekah apparently opposed Menahem’s conciliatory action with the king of Assyria, and while serving as a captain east of the Jordan, actually set up his own government there, overlapping the reign of Pekahiah. When the time was right he conspired with 50 men from Gilead and killed Pekahiah and two others, possibly princes, in the most secure part of the palace, and continued his reign another 18 years, for a total of 20. He was another wicked king,

v 29-31. It seems that in Pekah’s get tough policy he made a treaty with Rezin, king of Damascus against Assyria. So Tiglath-Pileazar 3rd led a campaign against Israel. He took all of Gilead east of the Jordan and all of Galilee in northern Israel. He also deported many of the people to Assyria. This first deportation for the wickedness of Israel was about 733 B C, and the second was eleven years later, 722 B C. As a result of Pekah’s defeat, Hoshea conspired and murdered him and became king. On an Assyrian inscription, Tiglath-Pileazar 3rd claims to have helped Hoshea get the throne, so we assume he cooperated with Assyria like Menahem and Pekahiah had.

v 32-35. Jotham was sole ruler of Judah for 16 years after his father, Uzziah, died. (The 16 years Jotham ruled did not include 11 years he reigned with his father or 4 years he reigned with his son.) He was good like Uzziah was before he entered the temple, but did not remove the high places. The only one of his accomplishments mentioned here is building the north gate of the temple. This was probably to make it convenient and encourage people to worship the Lord.
2 Chronicles 27 adds:  He did not make the mistake of entering the temple as his father had, but the people were corrupt. In addition to the north gate, he fortified the Ophel, or hilly, part of the old wall of Jerusalem. He also continued his father’s projects of rural fortifications. He overcame the Ammonites and they made him large payments of silver, wheat and barley for each of three years. His greatness was because he followed the Lord.

v 36-38. In the latter years of his reign, Jotham and his co regent, Ahaz, were harassed by Pekah of Israel and Rezin, king of Syria. This was at the time of Pekah’s alliance with Rezin mentioned in comments on v 29-31, and they were trying to get him to make an alliance with them against Assyria. To their credit, their faith in the Lord held firm and they did not make an alliance with the wicked. Ahaz replaced Jotham, and for his failures due to sin, see 2 Ki. 16.