<t /><p class="bodytext">His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king and solidified his rule over Israel.<n id="1" />

Then Solomon passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.p>

Then Rehoboam passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried in the City of David.<n id="2" /> His son Abijah replaced him as king.p>

Jotham passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried in the City of David.<n id="2" /> His son Ahaz replaced him as king.p>

Manasseh passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried in his palace. His son Amon replaced him as king.p>

Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions, as instructed<n id="1" /> by King David of Israel and his son Solomon.

<p class="bodytext">Jehoshaphat passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried with his ancestors<n id="2" /> in the City of David.<n id="3" /> His son Jehoram<n id="4" /> replaced him as king.p>

King Joash disregarded<n id="1" /> the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada&#8217;s<n id="2" /> son. As Zechariah<n id="3" /> was dying, he said, &#8220;May the <sc>Lordsc> take notice and seek vengeance!&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The list of Joash&#8217;s<n id="1" /> sons, the many prophetic oracles pertaining to him, and the account of his building project on God&#8217;s temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings.<n id="2" /> His son Amaziah replaced him as king.p>

Ahaz passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried in the City of David;<n id="2" /> they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.p>

The people of the land executed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they<n id="1" /> made his son Josiah king in his place.p>

<p class="bodytext"><v id="(13:23)" /><n id="1" /> Abijah passed away<n id="2" /> and was buried in the City of David.<n id="3" /> His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign<n id="4" /> the land had rest for ten years.p>

Our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless against this huge army that attacks us! We don&#8217;t know what we should do; we look to you for help.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The residents of Jerusalem<n id="1" /> made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the city with the Arabs had killed all the older sons.<n id="2" /> So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters,<n id="1" /> afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.p>

Uzziah passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried near his ancestors<n id="2" /> in a cemetery<n id="3" /> belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.)<n id="4" /> His son Jotham replaced him as king.p>

Hezekiah passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried on the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David. All the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem buried him with great honor.<n id="2" /> His son Manasseh replaced him as king.p>

He put an idolatrous image he had made in God&#8217;s temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, &#8220;This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The rest of the events of Jehoiakim&#8217;s reign, including the horrible sins he committed and his shortcomings, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah.<n id="1" /> His son Jehoiachin replaced him as king.p>

&#8220;Go, seek an oracle from<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about<n id="2" /> the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s fury has been ignited against us,<n id="3" /> because our ancestors<n id="4" /> have not obeyed the word of the <sc>Lordsc> by doing all that this scroll instructs!&#8221;<n id="5" />p>