2 Kings 15 (NET)

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2 Kings 15:1¹In the twenty-seventh year of King Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Amaziah’s son Azariah became king over Judah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 26:1 2 Chr 26:3-4 2 Kgs 14:21 2 Kgs 15:13 2 Kgs 14:16-17 2 Kgs 15:30-38 2 Kgs 15:8

2 Kings 15:2²He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 26:3-4

2 Kings 15:3³He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 26:4 2 Kgs 12:2-3 2 Kgs 14:3-4

2 Kings 15:4⁴But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:14 1 Kgs 22:43 2 Chr 17:6 2 Chr 32:12 2 Chr 34:3 2 Kgs 12:3 2 Kgs 14:4 2 Kgs 15:35 2 Kgs 18:4

2 Kings 15:5⁵The Lord afflicted the king with an illness; he suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, while his son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 13:46 Num 12:14 1 Kgs 3:28 1 Kgs 3:9 2 Chr 26:16-23 2 Kgs 5:27 2 Kgs 7:3 2 Sam 15:2-4 2 Sam 3:29 2 Sam 8:15

2 Kings 15:6⁶The rest of the events of Azariah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 26:5-15 2 Kgs 14:18

2 Kings 15:7⁷Azariah passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Jotham replaced him as king.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 26:23 Isa 6:1

2 Kings 15:8⁸In the thirty-eighth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Jeroboam’s son Zechariah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for six months.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 14:16-17 2 Kgs 14:29-15:1 2 Kgs 14:21

2 Kings 15:9⁹He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 10:29 2 Kgs 10:31 2 Kgs 13:11 2 Kgs 13:2 2 Kgs 14:24

2 Kings 15:10¹⁰Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him; he assassinated him in Ibleam and took his place as king.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:28 1 Kgs 16:9-10 2 Kgs 15:14 2 Kgs 15:25 2 Kgs 15:30 2 Kgs 9:24 2 Kgs 9:31 Amos 7:9 Hos 1:4-5

2 Kings 15:11¹¹The rest of the events of Zechariah’s reign are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 14:28

2 Kings 15:12¹²His assassination fulfilled the Lord ’s message to Jehu, “Four generations of your descendants will rule on Israel’s throne.” And that is how it happened.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 10:30 2 Kgs 13:10 2 Kgs 13:13 2 Kgs 14:29 2 Kgs 9:25-26 Acts 1:16 John 10:35 John 19:24 John 19:36-37 Mark 13:31

2 Kings 15:13¹³Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah’s reign over Judah. He reigned for one month in Samaria.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 15:1 1 Kgs 16:15 1 Kgs 16:24 2 Kgs 15:8 Job 20:15 Matt 1:8-9 Prov 28:17 Prov 28:2 Ps 55:23

2 Kings 15:14¹⁴Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh. He killed him and took his place as king.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:17 1 Kgs 15:21 1 Kgs 15:33 1 Kgs 16:15 1 Kgs 16:17 1 Kgs 16:8-9

2 Kings 15:15¹⁵The rest of the events of Shallum’s reign, including the conspiracy he organized, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:19 1 Kgs 14:29 1 Kgs 22:39 2 Kgs 15:11

2 Kings 15:16¹⁶At that time Menahem came from Tirzah and attacked Tiphsah. He struck down all who lived in the city and the surrounding territory, because they would not surrender. He even ripped open the pregnant women.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 8:12 1 Kgs 4:24 Hos 13:16 Amos 1:13

2 Kings 15:17¹⁷In the thirty-ninth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel. He reigned for ten years in Samaria.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

2 Kings 15:18¹⁸He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin. During his reign,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

2 Kings 15:19¹⁹Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid him 1,000 talents of silver to gain his support and to solidify his control of the kingdom.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 14:5 1 Chr 5:25-26 2 Kgs 18:16 2 Kgs 12:18 2 Kgs 16:8 2 Kgs 17:3-4 Hos 10:6 Hos 8:9-10 Isa 9:1 Jer 17:5

2 Kings 15:20²⁰Menahem got this silver by taxing all the wealthy men in Israel; he took fifty shekels of silver from each one of them and paid it to the king of Assyria. Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 15:29 2 Kgs 17:3-4 2 Kgs 18:14-17 2 Kgs 23:35 2 Sam 19:32 Job 1:3 Ruth 2:1

2 Kings 15:21²¹The rest of the events of Menahem’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

2 Kings 15:22²²Menahem passed away and his son Pekahiah replaced him as king.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

2 Kings 15:23²³In the fiftieth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem’s son Pekahiah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for two years.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:25 1 Kgs 16:8 1 Kgs 22:51 2 Kgs 21:19 Job 20:5

2 Kings 15:24²⁴He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 15:9 2 Kgs 15:18

2 Kings 15:25²⁵His officer Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him. He and fifty Gileadites assassinated Pekahiah, as well as Argob and Arieh, in Samaria in the fortress of the royal palace. Pekah then took his place as king.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 28:6 1 Kgs 16:9 2 Kgs 15:10 2 Kgs 15:27 2 Kgs 9:14 2 Kgs 9:5

2 Kings 15:26²⁶The rest of the events of Pekahiah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

2 Kings 15:27²⁷In the fifty-second year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for twenty years.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 15:23 Isa 7:1 Isa 7:4 2 Chr 28:6 2 Kgs 15:13 2 Kgs 15:2 2 Kgs 15:25 2 Kgs 15:37 2 Kgs 15:8 Isa 7:9

2 Kings 15:28²⁸He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 13:2 2 Kgs 13:6 2 Kgs 15:18 2 Kgs 15:9 2 Kgs 21:2

2 Kings 15:29²⁹During Pekah’s reign over Israel, King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the territory of Naphtali. He deported the people to Assyria.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 5:26 2 Kgs 17:6 1 Kgs 15:20 2 Kgs 16:7 Josh 20:7 1 Chr 5:6 2 Chr 16:4 2 Sam 20:14-15 Josh 11:1 Josh 19:37

2 Kings 15:30³⁰Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him and took his place as king, in the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 17:1 2 Chr 28:16 2 Chr 28:4-6 2 Kgs 15:10 2 Kgs 15:25 2 Kgs 15:32-33 2 Kgs 16:1 Hos 10:15 Hos 10:3 Hos 10:7

2 Kings 15:31³¹The rest of the events of Pekah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

2 Kings 15:32³²In the second year of the reign of Israel’s King Pekah son of Remaliah, Uzziah’s son Jotham became king over Judah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 3:12 2 Kgs 15:7 2 Chr 27:1-9 2 Kgs 14:21 2 Kgs 15:1 2 Kgs 15:13 2 Kgs 15:17 2 Kgs 15:23 2 Kgs 15:27 Matt 1:9

2 Kings 15:33³³He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 27:1

2 Kings 15:34³⁴He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 26:4-5 2 Kgs 15:3-4 2 Chr 27:2

2 Kings 15:35³⁵But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the Lord ’s temple.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 23:20 2 Kgs 12:3 2 Chr 27:3-9 2 Chr 32:12 2 Kgs 15:4 2 Kgs 18:4

2 Kings 15:36³⁶The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 27:4-9 2 Kgs 15:6-7

2 Kings 15:37³⁷In those days the Lord prompted King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 16:5 Isa 7:1 1 Sam 3:12 2 Chr 28:6 2 Kgs 10:32 Deut 28:48 Hos 5:12-13 Isa 10:5-7 Isa 38:1-22 Isa 7:8