In one day King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors.

The Israelites seized from their brothers 200,000 wives, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a huge amount of plunder and took it back to Samaria.

(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)

The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, and God handed them over to the men of Judah.

God’s Spirit came upon Azariah son of Oded.

His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king and solidified his rule over Israel.

Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters.

They attacked Judah and swept through it. They carried off everything they found in the royal palace, including his sons and wives. None of his sons was left, except for his youngest, Ahaziah.

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

He launched a military campaign against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. That year the Ammonites paid him 100 talents of silver, 10,000 kors of wheat, and 10,000 kors of barley. The Ammonites also paid this same amount of annual tribute the next two years.

Solomon son of David solidified his royal authority, for the Lord his God was with him and magnified him greatly.

Then Solomon passed away and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.

She bore him sons named Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as the leader over his brothers, for he intended to name him his successor.

Then Rehoboam passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah replaced him as king.

But as for us, the Lord is our God and we have not rejected him. Aaron’s descendants serve as the Lord’s priests and the Levites assist them with the work.

and Amasiah son of Zikri, who volunteered to serve the Lord, led 200,000 skilled warriors.

The king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah.”

All the men of Judah were standing before the Lord, along with their infants, wives, and children.

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.