Chapter 15

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IN the twenty and seventh year of Yarov'am king of Yashar'el began Azaryahu son of Amatsyahu king of Yahudah to reign.

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Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Yerushalayim. And his mother's name was Yekolyahu of Yerushalayim.

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

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Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

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And Yahuah smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Yotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.

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And the rest of the acts of Azaryahu, and all that he did, are they not written in the cepher of the chronicles of the kings of Yahudah?

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So Azaryahu slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Yotham his son reigned in his stead.

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In the thirty and eighth year of Azaryahu king of Yahudah did Zakaryahu the son of Yarov'am reign over Yashar'el in Shomeron six months.

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And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahuah, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Yarov'am the son of Nevat, who made Yashar'el to sin.

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

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And the rest of the acts of Zakaryahu, behold, they are written in the cepher of the chronicles of the kings of Yashar'el.

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This was the Word of Yahuah which he spoke unto Yahu, saying, Your sons shall sit on the throne of Yashar'el unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.

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Shallum the son of Yaveysh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziyahu king of Yahudah; and he reigned a full month in Shomeron.

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For Menachem the son of Gaddiy went up from Tirtsah, and came to Shomeron, and smote Shallum the son of Yaveysh in Shomeron, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

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And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the cepher of the chronicles of the kings of Yashar'el.

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Then Menachem smote Tiphcach, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirtsah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and את all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

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In the nine and thirtieth year of Azaryahu king of Yahudah began Menachem the son of Gaddiy to reign over Yashar'el, and reigned ten years in Shomeron.

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And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahuah: he departed not all his days from the sins of Yarov'am the son of Nevat, who made Yashar'el to sin.

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And Pul the king of Ashshur came against the land: and Menachem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

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And Menachem exacted the money of Yashar'el, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty sheqels of silver, to give to the king of Ashshur. So the king of Ashshur turned back, and stayed not there in the land.

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And the rest of the acts of Menachem, and all that he did, are they not written in the cepher of the chronicles of the kings of Yashar'el?

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And Menachem slept with his fathers; and Peqachyah his son reigned in his stead.

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In the fiftieth year of Azaryahu king of Yahudah Peqachyah the son of Menachem began to reign over Yashar'el in Shomeron, and reigned two years.

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And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahuah: he departed not from the sins of Yarov'am the son of Nevat, who made Yashar'el to sin.

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But Peqach the son of Remalyahu, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Shomeron, in the palace of the king's house, with Argov and Aryah, and with him fifty men of the Gil'adiym: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.

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And the rest of the acts of Peqachyah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the cepher of the chronicles of the kings of Yashar'el.

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In the two and fiftieth year of Azaryahu king of Yahudah Peqach the son of Remalyahu began to reign over Yashar'el in Shomeron, and reigned twenty years.

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And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahuah: he departed not from the sins of Yarov'am the son of Nevat, who made Yashar'el to sin.

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In the days of Peqach king of Yashar'el came Tiglath Pil'ecer king of Ashshur, and took Iyon, and Avel Beyt-Ma`akah, and Yanoach, and Qedesh, and Chatsor, and Gil`ad, and Galiyl, all the land of Naphtaliy, and carried them captive to Ashshurah.

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And Husha the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Peqach the son of Remalyahu, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Yotham the son of Uzziyahu.

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And the rest of the acts of Peqach, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the cepher of the chronicles of the kings of Yashar'el.

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In the second year of Peqach the son of Remalyahu king of Yashar'el began Yotham the son of Uzziyahu king of Yahudah to reign.

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Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Yerushalayim. And his mother's name was Yerusha, the daughter of Tsadoq.

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And he did that which was right in the sight of Yahuah: he did according to all that his father Uzziyahu had done.

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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 Yahuah.

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Now the rest of the acts of Yotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the cepher of the chronicles of the kings of Yahudah?

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In those days Yahuah began to send against Yahudah Retsiyn the king of Aram, and את Peqach the son of Remalyahu.

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And Yotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.



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