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Then Y'ho'ash the son of Y'ho'achaz captured from Ben-Hadad the son of Haza'el the cities which he had captured in war from Y'ho'achaz his father. Three times Yo'ash defeated him, thus recovering the cities of Isra'el.

It was in the second year of Yo'ash son of Y'ho'achaz king of Isra'el that Amatzyah the son of Yo'ash king of Y'hudah began his reign.

He was twenty-five years old when he began to rule, and he ruled for twenty-nine years in Yerushalayim. His mother's name was Y'ho‘adan, from Yerushalayim.

He did what was right from Adonai 's perspective, although not like David his ancestor; he lived the same way as his father Yo'ash.

As soon as he had the kingdom firmly under his control, he put to death the servants of his who had murdered the king his father.

But he did not put the children of the murderers to death, because of what is written in the scroll of the Torah of Moshe, as Adonai ordered when he said, "Fathers are not to be executed for the children, nor are children to be executed for the fathers; every person will be executed for his own sin."

Y'hudah was defeated by Isra'el, and every man fled to his tent.

Other activities of Y'ho'ash that he did, his power and how he fought Amatzyah king of Y'hudah are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Isra'el.

Y'ho'ash slept with his ancestors and was buried in Shomron with the kings of Isra'el. Then Yarov‘am took his place as king.

They brought his body back on horses, and he was buried in Yerushalayim with his ancestors in the City of David.

Then all the people of Y'hudah took ‘Azaryah at the age of sixteen and made him king in place of his father Amatzyah.

‘Azaryah recovered Eilat for Y'hudah and rebuilt it; after that the king [Amatzyahu] slept with his ancestors.

He recovered the territory of Isra'el between the entrance of Hamat and the sea of the ‘Aravah, in keeping with the word of Adonai the God of Isra'el, which he spoke through his servant Yonah the son of Amitai, the prophet from Gat-Hefer.

Other activities of Yarov‘am, all his accomplishments, all his power, how he conducted war and how he recovered Dammesek and Hamat for Y'hudah in Isra'el are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Isra'el.

Yarov‘am slept with his ancestors the kings of Isra'el, and Z'kharyah took his place as king.

It was in the twenty-seventh year of Yarov‘am king of Isra'el that ‘Azaryah the son of Amatzyah, king of Y'hudah, began his reign.

He was sixteen years old when he began to rule, and he ruled for fifty-two years in Yerushalayim. His mother's name was Y'kholyahu, from Yerushalayim.

He did what was right from Adonai 's perspective, following the example of everything his father Amatzyah had done.

Adonai struck the king, so that he had tzara‘at until his dying day, so that he lived in a separate house, while Yotam the king's son ran the king's household and was regent over the people of the land.

Other activities of ‘Azaryah and all his accomplishments are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Y'hudah.