He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty, for his mother gave him evil advice.

He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved.

Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle.

Stand in the sanctuary and, together with the Levites, represent the family divisions of your countrymen.

So when the envoys arrived from the Babylonian officials to visit him and inquire about the sign that occurred in the land, God left him alone to test him, in order to know his true motives.

In those days no one could travel safely, for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands.

He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.

When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray, we have done evil!’

The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Jehu son of Hanani which are included in Scroll of the Kings of Israel.

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, in contrast to his ancestor David.

The rest of the events of Hezekiah’s reign, including his faithful deeds, are recorded in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz, included in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.

and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with the Israelites.”

He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine.

Jehoshaphat stood before the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the Lord’s temple, in front of the new courtyard.

Ahaz gathered the items in God’s temple and removed them. He shut the doors of the Lord’s temple and erected altars on every street corner in Jerusalem.

“Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,

In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

Abijah ascended Mount Zemaraim, in the Ephraimite hill country, and said: “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!

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