2 Kings 14:23-15:7

English Standard Version

Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel

²³In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. ²⁴And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ^(A)which he made Israel to sin. ²⁵^(B)He restored the border of Israel ^(C)from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of ^(D)the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant ^(E)Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from ^(F)Gath-hepher. ²⁶For the Lord ^(G)saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, ^(H)for there was none left, bond or free, and there was none to help Israel. ²⁷^(I)But the Lord had not said that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, so he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

²⁸Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he restored ^(J)Damascus and ^(K)Hamath to Judah in Israel, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? ²⁹And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.

Azariah Reigns in Judah

15 ^(L)In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, ^(M)Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign. ²He was ^(N)sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. ³And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. ⁴^(O)Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. ⁵^(P)And the Lord touched the king, so that he was a leper^[a] to the day of his death, ^(Q)and he lived in a separate house.^[b] And Jotham the king's son was over the household, governing the people of the land. ⁶Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? ⁷And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers ^(R)in the city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his place.