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

When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.

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

Azariah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king had passed away.

Jeroboam passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah replaced him as king.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.

But they did not pay attention and were as stubborn as their ancestors, who had not trusted the Lord their God.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and did not follow the Lord’s instructions.

Now Elisha had a terminal illness. King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!”

But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, “Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. A man must be put to death only for his own sin.”

pick the best and most capable of your master’s sons, place him on his father’s throne, and defend your master’s dynasty.”

Joash passed away and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne. Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

Jehoash passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam replaced him as king.)

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

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what pleased the Lord his God, in contrast to his ancestor David.

Were the nations whom my ancestors destroyed – the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar – rescued by their gods?

because they have done evil in my sight and have angered me from the time their ancestors left Egypt right up to this very day!’”