בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים וָשֶׁבַע שָׁנָה לְיָרָבְעָם מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל מָלַךְ עֲזַרְיָה בֶן־אֲמַצְיָה מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה׃   15:1

2Kin.15:1   In the year of twenty-seven years for Jeroboam, king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah, king of Judah, became king.

בֶּן־שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה הָיָה בְמָלְכוֹ וַחֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ יְכָלְיָהוּ מִירוּשָׁלִָם׃   15:2

2Kin.15:2   He was sixteen years of age at the start of his reign, and he was king in Jerusalem fifty-two years.  And the name of his mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.

וַּיַּעַשׂ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה אֲמַצְיָהוּ אָבִיו׃   15:3

2Kin.15:3   And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like everything that his father, Amaziah, had done.                                                                                             [Return to 2Chr. 26:3]

רַק הַבָּמוֹת לֹא־סָרוּ עוֹד הָעָם מְזַבְּחִים וּמְקַטְּרִים בַּבָּמוֹת׃   15:4

2Kin.15:4   Only the high places were not removed.  The people were still sacrificing and offering in the high places.

וַיְנַגַּע יְהוָה אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיְהִי מְצֹרָע עַד־יוֹם מֹתוֹ וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּבֵית הַחָפְשִׁית וְיוֹתָם בֶּן־הַמֶּלֶךְ עַל־הַבַּיִת   15:5 שֹׁפֵט אֶת־עַם הָאָרֶץ׃

2Kin.15:5   And the Lord struck the king with plague and he was a leper until the day of his death and dwelled in a house of the sick, as Jotham son of the king was over the household.  He judged the people of the land.

וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי עֲזַרְיָהוּ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הֲלֹא־הֵם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה׃   15:6

2Kin.15:6   And the rest of the acts of Azariah and all that he accomplished, are they not written on the scroll of the chronicles of the days of the kings of Judah?                  [Return to 2Chr. 26:5]

וַיִּשְׁכַּב עֲזַרְיָה עִם־אֲבֹתָיו וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתוֹ עִם־אֲבֹתָיו בְּעִיר דָּוִד וַיִּמְלֹךְ יוֹתָם בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו׃   15:7

2Kin.15:7   And Azariah slept with his ancestors and they buried him with his ancestors in the city of David, and his son, Jotham, ruled in his place.

It’s unlikely that Azariah was buried in the city of David.  He was a leper, and as such, he would not have been buried in the tombs of the kings.  See 2Chr. 26:23 for a different version of this verse.

בִּשְׁנַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנָה לַעֲזַרְיָהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה מָלַךְ זְכַרְיָהוּ בֶן־יָרָבְעָם עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן   15:8 שִׁשָּׁה חֳדָשִׁים׃

2Kin.15:8   In the year of thirty-eight years for Azariah, king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam was king over Israel in Samaria six months.

וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֲבֹתָיו לֹא סָר מֵחַטֹּאות יָרָבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָט אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱטִיא   15:9 אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

2Kin.15:9   And he did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord as his fathers had done.  He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat by which he had made Israel to sin.

וַיִּקְשֹׁר עָלָיו שַׁלֻּם בֶּן־יָבֵשׁ וַיַּכֵּהוּ קָבָלְ־עָם וַיְמִיתֵהוּ וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו׃   15:10

2Kin.15:10   And Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him and smote him before the people and slew him, and he became king in his place.

וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי זְכַרְיָה הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃   15:11

2Kin.15:11   And the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written on the scroll of the chronicles of the days of the kings of Israel.

הוּא דְבַר־יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֶל־יֵהוּא לֵאמֹר בְּנֵי רְבִיעִים יֵשְׁבוּ לְךָ עַל־כִּסֵּא יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיְהִי־כֵן׃   15:12

2Kin.15:12   It was the word of the Lord that He spoke to Jehu saying, “The sons of the fourth generation shall sit for you on the throne of Israel.”  And it happened so.

שַׁלּוּם בֶּן־יָבֵישׁ מָלַךְ בִּשְׁנַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וָתֵשַׁע שָׁנָה לְעֻזִיָּה מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה וַיִּמְלֹךְ יֶרַח־יָמִים בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן׃   15:13

2Kin.15:13   Shallum son of Jabesh was king in the year of thirty-nine years for Uzziah, king of Judah, and he reigned the period of a month in Samaria.

וַיַּעַל מְנַחֵם בֶּן־גָּדִי מִתִּרְצָה וַיָּבֹא שֹׁמְרוֹן וַיַּךְ אֶת־שַׁלּוּם בֶּן־יָבֵישׁ בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן וַיְמִיתֵהוּ וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו׃   15:14

2Kin.15:14   And Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came into Samaria and smote Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and slew him.  And he reigned in his place.

וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי שַׁלּוּם וְקִשְׁרוֹ אֲשֶׁר קָשָׁר הִנָּם כְּתֻבִים עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃   15:15

2Kin.15:15   And the rest of the acts of Shallum and his conspiracy that he had made, behold, they are written on the scroll of the chronicles of the days for the kings of Israel.

אָז יַכֶּה־מְנַחֵם אֶת־תִּפְסַח וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּהּ וְאֶת־גְּבוּלֶיהָ מִתִּרְצָה כִּי לֹא פָתַח וַיַּךְ אֵת   15:16 כָּל־הֶהָרוֹתֶיהָ בִּקֵּעַ׃

2Kin.15:16   Then Menahem struck Tiphsah and all that was in it and its borders out of Tirzah. Because it did not open up, so he smote.  He ripped up all the pregnant women.

בִּשְׁנַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וָתֵשַׁע שָׁנָה לַעֲזַרְיָה מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה מָלַךְ מְנַחֵם בֶּן־גָּדִי עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל עֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים   15:17 בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן׃

2Kin.15:17   In the year of thirty-nine years for Azariah, king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel.  He was in Samaria ten years.

וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה לֹא סָר מֵעַל חַטֹּאות יָרָבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָט אֲשֶׁר־הֶחֱטִיא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל כָּל־יָמָיו׃   15:18

2Kin.15:18   And he did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord.  He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat by which he made Israel to sin all his days.

בָּא פוּל מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיִּתֵּן מְנַחֵם לְפוּל אֶלֶף כִּכַּר־כָּסֶף לִהְיוֹת יָדָיו אִתּוֹ לְהַחֲזִיק   15:19 הַמַּמְלָכָה בְּיָדוֹ׃

2Kin.15:19   Pul, king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave a thousand talents of silver to Pul, his hand to be with him to strengthen the kingdom by his hand.

                                                                                                                                     [Return to Hose. 5:13]

וַיֹּצֵא מְנַחֵם אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל כָּל־גִּבּוֹרֵי הַחַיִל לָתֵת לְמֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר חֲמִשִּׁים שְׁקָלִים כֶּסֶף   15:20 לְאִישׁ אֶחָד וַיָּשָׁב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וְלֹא־עָמַד שָׁם בָּאָרֶץ׃

2Kin.15:20   And Manahem exacted the money from Israel, from all the mighty men of wealth to give to the king of Assyria, fifty shekels of silver for each man.  So the king of Assyria turned back and did not stay there in the land.

וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי מְנַחֵם וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הֲלוֹא־הֵם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃   15:21

2Kin.15:21   And the rest of the acts of Menahem and all that he accomplished, are they not written on the scroll of the chronicles of the days for the kings of Israel?

וַיִּשְׁכַּב מְנַחֵם עִם־אֲבֹתָיו וַיִּמְלֹךְ פְּקַחְיָה בְנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו׃   15:22

2Kin.15:22   And Menahem slept with his fathers, and his son, Pekahiah, became king in his place.

בִּשְׁנַת חֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה לַעֲזַרְיָה מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה מָלַךְ פְּקַחְיָה בֶן־מְנַחֵם עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן שְׁנָתָיִם׃   15:23

2Kin.15:23   In the year of fifty years for Azariah, king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria two years.

וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה לֹא סָר מֵחַטֹּאות יָרָבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָט אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱטִיא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃   15:24

2Kin.15:24   And he did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord.  He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat by which he made Israel to sin.

וַיִּקְשֹׁר עָלָיו פֶּקַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָהוּ שָׁלִישׁוֹ וַיַּכֵּהוּ בְשֹׁמְרוֹן בְּאַרְמוֹן בֵּית־ (מֶּלֶךְ) [הַמֶּלֶךְ] אֶת־אַרְגֹּב   15:25 וְאֶת־הָאַרְיֵה וְעִמּוֹ חֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי גִלְעָדִים וַיְמִיתֵהוּ וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו׃

2Kin.15:25   And Pekah son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him and he smote him in Samaria in the castle of the house of the king with Argob and Ariah.  And fifty men from the children of the Gileadites were with him.  And he slew him and became king in his place.

The word in parentheses is missing a heh prefix.  The correction is in the brackets.

וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי פְקַחְיָה וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃   15:26

2Kin.15:26   And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah and all that he accomplished, behold, they are written on the scroll of the chronicles of the days of the kings of Israel.

בִּשְׁנַת חֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה לַעֲזַרְיָה מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה מָלַךְ פֶּקַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָהוּ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן   15:27 עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה׃

2Kin.15:27   In the year of fifty-two years for Azariah, king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria twenty years.

וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה לֹא סָר מִן־חַטֹּאות יָרָבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָט אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱטִיא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃   15:28

2Kin.15:28   And he did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord.  He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat by which he made Israel to sin.

בִּימֵי פֶּקַח מֶלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּא תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶר מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וַיִּקַּח אֶת־עִיּוֹן וְאֶת־אָבֵל בֵּית־מַעֲכָה   15:29 וְאֶת־יָנוֹחַ וְאֶת־קֶדֶשׁ וְאֶת־חָצוֹר וְאֶת־הַגִּלְעָד וְאֶת־הַגָּלִילָה כֹּל אֶרֶץ נַפְתָּלִי וַיַּגְלֵם אַשּׁוּרָה׃

2Kin.15:29   In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came and took Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

The conquest of the northern kingdom, Israel, had begun.

וַיִּקְשָׁר־קֶשֶׁר הוֹשֵׁעַ בֶּן־אֵלָה עַל־פֶּקַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָהוּ וַיַּכֵּהוּ וַיְמִיתֵהוּ וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים   15:30 לְיוֹתָם בֶּן־עֻזִיָּה׃

2Kin.15:30   And Hoshea son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah and he smote him and slew him, and he became king in his place in the year twenty for Jotham son of Uzziah.

וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי־פֶקַח וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃   15:31

2Kin.15:31   And the rest of the acts of Pekah and all that he accomplished, behold, they are written on the scroll of the chronicles of the days of the kings of Israel.

בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְפֶקַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָהוּ מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל מָלַךְ יוֹתָם בֶּן־עֻזִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה׃   15:32

2Kin.15:32   In the second year for Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, became king.

בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה הָיָה בְמָלְכוֹ וְשֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ יְרוּשָׁא בַּת־צָדוֹק׃   15:33

2Kin.15:33   He was twenty-five years of age at the start of his reign and he was king in Jerusalem sixteen years.  And the name of his mother was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.

                                                                                                                                      [Return to 2Chr. 27:1]

וַיַּעַשׂ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה עֻזִיָּהוּ אָבִיו עָשָׂה׃   15:34

2Kin.15:34   And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord.  He did like everything that his father, Uzziah, had done.

רַק הַבָּמוֹת לֹא סָרוּ עוֹד הָעָם מְזַבְּחִים וּמְקַטְּרִים בַּבָּמוֹת הוּא בָּנָה אֶת־שַׁעַר בֵּית־יְהוָה הָעֶלְיוֹן׃   15:35

2Kin.15:35   Only the high places were not taken away.  The people were still sacrificing and offering in the high places.  He rebuilt the upper gate of the house of the Lord.

                                                                                                                                      [Return to 2Chr. 27:2]

וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי יוֹתָם אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הֲלֹא־הֵם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה׃   15:36

2Kin.15:36   And the rest of the acts of Jotham and all that he accomplished, are they not written on the scroll of the chronicles of the days of the kings of Judah?                  [Return to 2Chr. 27:7]

בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם הֵחֵל יְהוָה לְהַשְׁלִיחַ בִּיהוּדָה רְצִין מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם וְאֵת פֶּקַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָהוּ׃   15:37

2Kin.15:37   In those days the Lord began to bring Rezin, King of Aram, and Pekah son of Remaliah into Judah.

וַיִּשְׁכַּב יוֹתָם עִם־אֲבֹתָיו וַיִּקָּבֵר עִם־אֲבֹתָיו בְּעִיר דָּוִד אָבִיו וַיִּמְלֹךְ אָחָז בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו׃   15:38

2Kin.15:38   And Jotham slept with his fathers and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David, his forefather, and his son, Ahaz, became king in his place.              [Return to 2Chr. 27:9]

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