He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzzah, and his son Josiah replaced him as king.

Isaiah asked, “What have they seen in your palace?” Hezekiah replied, “They have seen everything in my palace. I showed them everything in my treasuries.”

Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.

His servants took his body back to Jerusalem and buried him in his tomb with his ancestors in the city of David.

In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.

But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, such a Passover of the Lord was observed in Jerusalem.

Pharaoh Necho imprisoned him in Riblah in the land of Hamath and prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem. He imposed on the land a special tax of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

(12:2) In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

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

In the fiftieth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem’s son Pekahiah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for two years.

In the twelfth year of King Ahaz’s reign over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for nine years.

The king of Assyria brought foreigners from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.

His body was carried back by horses and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David.

In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Jehoram became king over Israel in Samaria; he ruled for twelve years.

Jehu passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Jehoahaz replaced him as king.

Jehoahaz passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Joash replaced him as king.

Elisha said to him, “Go in peace.” When he had gone a short distance,

Josiah also got rid of the ritual pits used to conjure up spirits, the magicians, personal idols, disgusting images, and all the detestable idols that had appeared in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. In this way he carried out the terms of the law recorded on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the Lord’s temple.

He defeated 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day.