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Jehoash died and was buried in the royal tombs in Samaria, and his son Jeroboam II succeeded him as king.

There was a plot in Jerusalem to assassinate Amaziah, so he fled to the city of Lachish, but his enemies followed him there and killed him.

His body was carried back to Jerusalem on a horse and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City.

The people of Judah then crowned his sixteen-year-old son Uzziah as king.

Uzziah reconquered and rebuilt Elath after his father's death.

He sinned against the Lord , following the wicked example of his predecessor King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.

He reconquered all the territory that had belonged to Israel, from Hamath Pass in the north to the Dead Sea in the south. This was what the Lord , the God of Israel, had promised through his servant the prophet Jonah son of Amittai from Gath Hepher.

Everything else that Jeroboam II did, his brave battles, and how he restored Damascus and Hamath to Israel, are all recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.

Jeroboam died and was buried in the royal tombs, and his son Zechariah succeeded him as king.

at the age of sixteen, and he ruled in Jerusalem for fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.

Following the example of his father, he did what was pleasing to the Lord .

The Lord struck Uzziah with a dreaded skin disease that stayed with him the rest of his life. He lived in a separate house, relieved of all duties, while his son Jotham governed the country.

Uzziah died and was buried in the royal burial ground in David's City, and his son Jotham succeeded him as king.

He, like his predecessors, sinned against the Lord . He followed the wicked example of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.

Everything else that Shallum did, including an account of his conspiracy, is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.

As Menahem was on his way from Tirzah, he completely destroyed the city of Tappuah, its inhabitants, and the surrounding territory, because the city did not surrender to him. He even ripped open the bellies of all the pregnant women.

He sinned against the Lord , for until the day of his death he followed the wicked example of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.

Tiglath Pileser, the emperor of Assyria, invaded Israel, and Menahem gave him thirty-eight tons of silver to gain his support in strengthening Menahem's power over the country.

Menahem got the money from the rich men of Israel by forcing each one to contribute fifty pieces of silver. So Tiglath Pileser went back to his own country.

He died and was buried, and his son Pekahiah succeeded him as king.