He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> He did not do what pleased the <sc>Lordsc> his God, in contrast to his ancestor David.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">At that time King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel attacked Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> They besieged Ahaz,<n id="2" /> but were unable to conquer him.<n id="3" />

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother<n id="2" /> was Abi,<n id="3" /> the daughter of Zechariah.

Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the <sc>Lordsc> rescue Jerusalem from my power?&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />

This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says about him:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The virgin daughter Zion<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">despises you, she makes fun of you;p> <p class="poetry">Daughter Jerusalemp> <p class="poetry">shakes her head after you.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother<n id="2" /> was Hephzibah.

So this is what the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel says, &#8216;I am about to bring disaster on Jerusalem and Judah. The news will reverberate in the ears of those who hear about it.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother<n id="2" /> was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother<n id="2" /> was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

(Now the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of the <sc>Lordsc> in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened cakes among their fellow priests.)<n id="1" />

He sacrificed all the priests of the high places on the altars located there, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother<n id="2" /> was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

Pharaoh Necho imprisoned him in Riblah in the land of Hamath and prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> He imposed on the land a special tax<n id="2" /> of one hundred talents<n id="3" /> of silver and a talent of gold.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.

Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the <sc>Lordsc> was unwilling to forgive them.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother<n id="2" /> was Hamutal,<n id="3" /> the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

<p class="bodytext">What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence.<n id="1" /> Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

He burned down the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">These six were born to David<n id="1" /> in Hebron, where he ruled for seven years and six months.p> <p class="bodytext">He ruled thirty-three years in Jerusalem.<n id="2" />