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He did what was right in the sight of the Lord , yet not like his ancestor David; in all things he did as his father Joash had done.

As soon as the royal power was firmly in his hand he killed his servants who had murdered his father the king.

Now the rest of the acts that Jehoash did, his might, and how he fought with King Amaziah of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?

Jehoash slept with his ancestors, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; then his son Jeroboam succeeded him.

They brought him on horses; he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David.

All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king to succeed his father Amaziah.

He rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah, after King Amaziah slept with his ancestors.

He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord , the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he recovered for Israel Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?

Jeroboam slept with his ancestors, the kings of Israel; his son Zechariah succeeded him.

He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

He did what was right in the sight of the Lord , just as his father Amaziah had done.

The Lord struck the king, so that he was leprous to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham the king's son was in charge of the palace, governing the people of the land.

Azariah slept with his ancestors; they buried him with his ancestors in the city of David; his son Jotham succeeded him.

He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord , as his ancestors had done. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to sin.

He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord ; he did not depart all his days from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to sin.

King Pul of Assyria came against the land; Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, so that he might help him confirm his hold on the royal power.

Menahem slept with his ancestors, and his son Pekahiah succeeded him.

Pekah son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him with fifty of the Gileadites, and attacked him in Samaria, in the citadel of the palace along with Argob and Arieh; he killed him, and reigned in place of him.

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.