2 Kings 15:28-38

15:28 He did evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord; he did not repudiate ²  the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin. 15:29 During Pekah’s reign over Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, ³  Gilead, and Galilee, including all the territory of Naphtali. He deported the people ⁴  to Assyria. 15:30 Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him ⁵  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. ⁶ 

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. ⁷  His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. 15:34 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. ⁸  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. ⁹  15:37 In those days the Lord prompted King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah. ¹⁰  15:38 Jotham passed away ¹¹  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Ahaz replaced him as king.

[15:28]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[15:28]  ² tn Heb “turn away from.”

[15:29]  ³ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[15:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “them.”

[15:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “and struck him down and killed him.”

[15:31]  ⁶ 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]  ⁸ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Uzziah his father had done.”

[15:36]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin…and Pekahiah….”

[15:38]  ¹¹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”