2 Kings 15:13

15:13 Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah’s ¹  reign over Judah. He reigned for one month ²  in Samaria.

2 Kings 15:30-38

15:30 Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him ³  and took his place as king, in the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah.

15:31 The rest of the events of Pekah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ⁴ 

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. ⁵  His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. 15:34 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. ⁶  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. ⁷  15:37 In those days the Lord prompted King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah. ⁸  15:38 Jotham passed away ⁹  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Ahaz replaced him as king.

2 Kings 14:21

14:21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

2 Kings 14:2

14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ¹⁰  His mother ¹¹  was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 1:1

Elijah Confronts the King and His Commanders

1:1 After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel. ¹² 

2 Kings 1:3-4

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. ¹³  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.

[15:13]  ¹ sn Azariah was also known by the name Uzziah.

[15:13]  ² tn Heb “a month of days.”

[15:30]  ³ tn Heb “and struck him down and killed him.”

[15:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Pekah, and all which he did, look, they are written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel.”

[15:33]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:34]  ⁹ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Uzziah his father had done.”

[15:36]  ¹¹ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jotham, and that which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

[15:37]  ¹³ tn Heb “the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin…and Pekahiah….”

[15:38]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[14:2]  ¹⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[14:2]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[1:1]  ¹⁹ sn This statement may fit better with the final paragraph of 1 Kgs 22.

[1:3]  ²¹ tn Heb “Is it because there is no God in Israel [that] you are going to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?” The translation seeks to bring out the sarcastic tone of the rhetorical question.