2 Kings 15:4-19

⁴But, the places at the pagan shrines where they worshiped Yahweh were not destroyed, and the people continued to burn incense to honor Yahweh at those places instead of in Jerusalem, the place that Yahweh had appointed.

⁵Yahweh caused Uzziah to become a leper, and he was a leper for the rest of hiis life. He was not allowed to live in the palace. He lived alone in a house, and his son Jotham ruled the country.

⁶If you want to know about everything else that Uzziah did, it is written RHQ in the scroll called ❛The History of the Kings of Judah❜.

⁷Uzziah died EUP, and they buried him in the part of Jerusalem called ❛The City of David❜, where his ancestors had been buried. Then his son Jotham oficially became the king.

⁸After Uzziah had been ruling Judah for almost thirty-eight years, Zechariah, the son of Jeroboam #2, became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria city for only six months.

⁹He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his ancestors had done. He committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam #1 had committed, sins which led the Israeli people to sin.

¹⁰Then Shallum, the son of Jabesh, made plans to assassinate Zechariah. He killed him at Ibleam town, and then he became the king.

¹¹Everything else that Zechariah did is written in the scroll called ❛The History of the Kings of Israel❜.

¹²When Zechariah died, that ended the dynasty of King Jehu. That fulfilled what Yahweh said to King Jehu would happen: “Your son and grandson and great-grandson and great-great-grandson will all be kings of Israel.”

¹³Shallum, the son of Jabesh, became the king of Israel after King Uzziah had been ruling Judah for almost thirty-nine years. But Shallum ruled in Samaria for only one month.

¹⁴Then Menahem, the son of Gadi, went up from Tirzah city to Samaria and assassinated Shallum. Then Menahem became the king of Israel.

¹⁵Everything else that Shallum did, including his killing King Zechariah, is written in the scroll called ❛The History of the Kings of Israel❜.

¹⁶While Menahem was ruling in Samaria, he completely destroyed Tappuah village south of Samaria and killed all the people who lived there and in the surrounding territory. He did that because the people in that city refused to surrender to him. With his sword he even ripped open the bellies of pregnant women.

¹⁷When King Azariah had been ruling Judah for almost thirty-nine years, Menahem, the son of Gadi, became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria for ten years.

¹⁸He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He committed the same kinds of sins that King Jeroboam #1 had committed, sins that led the people of Israel to sin. He continued to commit those sins for the rest of his life.

¹⁹Then King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria came with his army to attack Israel. So Menahem gave him ◄thirty-eight tons/35,000 kg.► of silver in order that Tiglath-Pileser would help Menahem to continue to be king and rule his country more strongly.