2 Kings 15:8–31

In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did ↦Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.⇉⇇

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.⇇

And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and ↦slew him, and reigned in his stead.⇇

And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.⇉⇇

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.⇉⇇

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.⇉⇇

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.⇇

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.⇉⇇

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.⇉⇇

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.⇇

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.⇇

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.⇇

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.⇇

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?⇇

And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.⇇

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.⇉⇇

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.⇉⇇

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.⇉⇇

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.⇇

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.⇉⇇

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.⇇

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.⇉⇇

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.⇉⇇

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.⇇