Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the Lord’s temple.

They slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splashed it on the altar. Then they slaughtered the rams and splashed the blood on the altar; next they slaughtered the lambs and splashed the blood on the altar.

Early the next morning they marched out to the Desert of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said: “Listen to me, you people of Judah ¹  and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe! ²  Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.”

He launched a military campaign ¹  against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. That year the Ammonites paid him 100 talents ²  of silver, 10,000 kors ³  of wheat, and 10,000 kors ⁴  of barley. The Ammonites also paid this same amount of annual tribute the next two years. ⁵ 

Jehochanan the commander led 280,000,

and Jehozabad led 180,000 trained warriors.

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

Zikri, an Ephraimite warrior, killed the king’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam, the supervisor of the palace, and Elkanah, the king’s second-in-command.

they brought in the contributions, tithes, ¹  and consecrated items that had been offered. ²  Konaniah, a Levite, was in charge of all this, assisted by his brother Shimei.

His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king and solidified his rule over Israel. ¹ 

In the cities of the priests, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully assisted him in making disbursements to their fellow priests ¹  according to their divisions, regardless of age. ² 

Then Solomon passed away ¹  and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as the leader over his brothers, for he intended to name him his successor. ¹ 

Then Rehoboam passed away ¹  and was buried in the City of David. ²  His son Abijah replaced him as king.

Jehoshaphat passed away ¹  and was buried with his ancestors ²  in the City of David. ³  His son Jehoram ⁴  replaced him as king.

All the people of Judah took Uzziah, ¹  who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

Jotham passed away ¹  and was buried in the City of David. ²  His son Ahaz replaced him as king.

Manasseh passed away ¹  and was buried in his palace. His son Amon replaced him as king.

The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem. ¹ 

The people of the land executed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they ¹  made his son Josiah king in his place.