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In the twenty-seventh year of Yarovam king of Yisra’el, Azaryah son of Amatzyahu, king of Yehudah, began to reign.
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Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Yerushalayim. And the name of his mother was Yekholyahu from Yerushalayim.
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And he did what was upright in the eyes of Yahuah, according to all that Amatzyahu his father had done.
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Only, the high places were not removed. The people were still sacrificing and burning incense upon the high places.
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And Yahuah struck the king, and he had tzara’at until the day of his death. And he dwelt in a separate house. And Yotam son of the king was over the House, judging the people of the land.
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And the rest of the matters of Azaryah, and all that he did, are they not written in the Sefer of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Yehudah?
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And Azaryah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of Daviyd. And Yotam his son reigned in his place.
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In the thirty-eighth year of Azaryah king of Yehudah, Zekharyah son of Yarovam began to reign over Yisra’el in Shomron, six months.
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And he did what was evil in the eyes of Yahuah, as his fathers had done. He did not turn aside from the sins of Yarovam son of Nevat, by which he caused Yisra’el to sin.
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And Shallum son of Yavesh conspired against him and struck him before the people and put him to death, and reigned in his place.
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And the rest of the matters of Zekharyah, see, they are written in the Sefer of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Yisra’el.
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This was the Word of Yahuah that He spoke to Yehu, saying: “Your sons shall sit upon the Throne of Yisra’el to the fourth generation.” And so it came to pass.
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Shallum son of Yavesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziyahu king of Yehudah, and he reigned one month in Shomron.
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And Menachem son of Gadi went up from Tirtzah and came to Shomron and struck Shallum son of Yavesh in Shomron and put him to death, and reigned in his place.
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And the rest of the matters of Shallum, and his conspiracy that he conspired, see, they are written in the Sefer of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Yisra’el.
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Then Menachem struck Tifsach and all who were in it, and its borders from Tirtzah, because they did not open to him. And he struck it, and all its pregnant women he ripped open.
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In the thirty-ninth year of Azaryah king of Yehudah, Menachem son of Gadi began to reign over Yisra’el, ten years in Shomron.
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And he did what was evil in the eyes of Yahuah. He did not turn aside all his days from the sins of Yarovam son of Nevat, by which he caused Yisra’el to sin.
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Pul king of Ashshur came against the land. And Menachem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to strengthen the Kingdom in his hand.
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And Menachem brought out the silver from Yisra’el, from all the mighty men of wealth, to give to the king of Ashshur, fifty sheqels of silver from each ish. And the king of Ashshur returned and did not remain there in the land.
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And the rest of the matters of Menachem, and all that he did, are they not written in the Sefer of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Yisra’el?
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And Menachem lay down with his fathers. And Peqachyahu his son reigned in his place.
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In the fiftieth year of Azaryah king of Yehudah, Peqachyahu son of Menachem began to reign over Yisra’el in Shomron, two years.
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And he did what was evil in the eyes of Yahuah. He did not turn aside from the sins of Yarovam son of Nevat, by which he caused Yisra’el to sin.
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And Peqach son of Remalyahu, his officer, conspired against him and struck him in Shomron, in the citadel of the house of the king, with Argov and with Aryeh; and with him were fifty ish from the sons of Gilad. And he put him to death and reigned in his place.
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And the rest of the matters of Peqachyahu, and all that he did, see, they are written in the Sefer of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Yisra’el.
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In the fifty-second year of Azaryah king of Yehudah, Peqach son of Remalyahu began to reign over Yisra’el in Shomron, twenty years.
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And he did what was evil in the eyes of Yahuah. He did not turn aside from the sins of Yarovam son of Nevat, by which he caused Yisra’el to sin.
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In the days of Peqach king of Yisra’el, Tiglat-Pileser king of Ashshur came and took Iyon, and Avel-Beit-Maakhah, and Yanoach, and Qedesh, and Chatzor, and Gilad, and Galil, all the land of Naftali. And he carried them captive to Ashshur.
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And Hoshea son of Elah cut a conspiracy against Peqach son of Remalyahu and struck him and put him to death, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Yotam son of Uzziyahu.
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And the rest of the matters of Peqach, and all that he did, see, they are written in the Sefer of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Yisra’el.
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In the second year of Peqach son of Remalyahu, king of Yisra’el, Yotam son of Uzziyahu, king of Yehudah, began to reign.
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Twenty-five years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Yerushalayim. And the name of his mother was Yerusha daughter of Tzadoq.
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And he did what was upright in the eyes of Yahuah. According to all that Uzziyahu his father had done, so he did.
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Only, the high places were not removed. The people were still sacrificing and burning incense upon the high places. He built the Upper Gate of the House of Yahuah.
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And the rest of the matters of Yotam, and all that he did, are they not written in the Sefer of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Yehudah?
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In those days Yahuah began to send against Yehudah Retzin king of Aram and Peqach son of Remalyahu.
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And Yotam lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the City of Daviyd his father. And Achaz his son reigned in his place.