2 Kings 15:7
15:7 Azariah passed away
and was buried
with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Jotham replaced him as king.
2 Kings 15:32-38
Jotham’s Reign over Judah
15:32 In the second year of the reign of Israel’s King Pekah son of Remaliah, Uzziah’s son Jotham became king over Judah.
15:33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
15:34 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.
15:35 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple.
15:36 The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.
15:37 In those days the Lord prompted King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah.
15:38 Jotham passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Ahaz replaced him as king.
2 Kings 15:1
Azariah’s Reign over Judah
15:1 In the twenty-seventh year of King Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Amaziah’s son Azariah became king over Judah.
2 Kings 3:11-13
3:11 Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the
Lord here that we might seek the
Lord’s direction?”
One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shapat is here; he used to be Elijah’s servant.”
3:12 Jehoshaphat said, “The
Lord speaks through him.”
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to visit him.
3:13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Why are you here? Go to your father’s prophets or your mother’s prophets!” The king of Israel replied to him, “No, for the Lord is the one who summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to Moab.”
2 Kings 3:2
3:2 He did evil in the sight of
the
Lord, but not to the same degree as his father and mother. He did remove the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.
2 Kings 1:1
Elijah Confronts the King and His Commanders
1:1 After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel.
2 Kings 1:1-9
Elijah Confronts the King and His Commanders
1:1 After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel.
1:2 Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, “Go, ask Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.”
1:3 But the Lord’s angelic messenger told Elijah the Tishbite, “Get up, go to meet the messengers from the king of Samaria. Say this to them: ‘You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are on your way to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub the god of Ekron.
1:4 Therefore this is what the Lord says, “You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!”’” So Elijah went on his way.
1:5 When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”
1:6 They replied, “A man came up to meet us. He told us, “Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are sending for an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.”’”
1:7 The king asked them, “Describe the appearance of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things.”
1:8 They replied, “He was a hairy man and had a leather belt tied around his waist.” The king said, “He is Elijah the Tishbite.”
1:9 The king sent a captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. The captain went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. He told him, “Prophet, the king says, ‘Come down!’”