1In the twenty-seventh year of King Jeroboam of Israel, Azariah son of King Amaziah of Judah became king.
2He was sixteen years old when he came to the throne, and he reigned in Jerusalem for fifty-two years; his mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.
3He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as Amaziah his father had done.
4But the shrines were not abolished; the people still continued to sacrifice and burn offerings there.
5The LORD struck the king with leprosy, which he had till the day of his death; he was relieved of all duties and lived in his palace, while his son Jotham was comptroller of the household and regent over the country.
6The other acts and events of Azariah's reign are recorded in the annals of the kings of Judah.
7He rested with his forefathers and was buried with them in the city of David. His son Jotham succeeded him.
8In the thirty-eighth year of King Azariah of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned for six months.
9He did what was wrong in the eyes of the LORD, as his forefathers had done; he did not give up the sinful practices of Jeroboam son of Nebat who led Israel into sin.
10Shallum son of Jabesh formed a conspiracy against him, attacked and killed him in Ibleam, and usurped the throne.
11The other events of Zechariah's reign are recorded in the annals of the kings of Israel.
12Thus the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Your sons to the fourth generation will occupy the throne of Israel.”
13Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah of Judah, and he reigned for one full month in Samaria.
14Menahem son of Gadi came up from Tirzah to Samaria, attacked Shallum son of Jabesh there, killed him, and usurped the throne.
15The other events of Shallum's reign and the conspiracy that he formed are recorded in the annals of the kings of Israel.
16Then Menahem, starting out from Tirzah, destroyed Tappuah and everything in it and ravaged its territory; he ravaged it because it had not opened its gates to him, and he ripped open every pregnant woman there.
17In the thirty-ninth year of King Azariah of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel and he reigned in Samaria for ten years.
18He did what was wrong in the eyes of the LORD; he did not give up the sinful practices of Jeroboam son of Nebat who led Israel into sin. In Menahem's time King Pul of Assyria invaded the country, and Menahem gave him a thousand talents of silver to obtain his help in strengthening his hold on the kingdom.
19(15:18)
20Menahem laid a levy on all the men of wealth in Israel; each had to give the king of Assyria fifty silver shekels, and he withdrew without occupying the country.
21The other acts and events of Menahem's reign are recorded in the annals of the kings of Israel.
22He rested with his forefathers, and was succeeded by his son Pekahiah.
23In the fiftieth year of King Azariah of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned for two years.
24He did what was wrong in the eyes of the LORD; he did not give up the sinful practices of Jeroboam son of Nebat who led Israel into sin.
25Pekah son of Remaliah, his lieutenant, formed a conspiracy against him and, with the help of fifty Gileadites, attacked and killed him in the citadel of the royal palace in Samaria, and usurped the throne.
26The other acts and events of Pekahiah's reign are recorded in the annals of the kings of Israel.
27In the fifty-second year of King Azariah of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned for twenty years.
28He did what was wrong in the eyes of the LORD; he did not give up the sinful practices of Jeroboam son of Nebat who led Israel into sin.
29In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and seized Iyyon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, with all the land of Naphtali, and deported the people to Assyria.
30Then Hoshea son of Elah formed a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah, attacked and killed him, and usurped the throne in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
31The other acts and events of Pekah's reign are recorded in the annals of the kings of Israel.
32In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham son of King Uzziah of Judah became king.
33He was twenty-five years old when he came to the throne, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years; his mother was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.
34He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father Uzziah had done;
35but the shrines were not abolished and the people continued to sacrifice and burn offerings there. It was he who constructed the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
36The other acts and events of Jotham's reign are recorded in the annals of the kings of Judah.
37In those days the LORD began to send King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah.
38Jotham rested with his forefathers and was buried with them in the city of David his forefather. His son Ahaz succeeded him.
<< 2 Raja-raja 15 >>
Bahan Renungan: SH - RH - ROC
Download
Alkitab ANDROID
Kamus Alkitab
Kamus Bahasa
Kidung Jemaat
Nyanyikanlah Kidung Baru
Pelengkap Kidung Jemaat
Alkitab.mobi
Copyright
Alkitab.SABDA.org
Android.SABDA.org
SABDA.APP
BaDeNo
Bantuan
Single Panel