Portions: Kings 13 - 15

(Apology - I was having issues getting on to this blog.  But now all seems well.)

In the twenty-third year of Joash
son of Ahaziah king of Judah,
Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king of Israel in Samaria,
and he reigned seventeen years.
Jehoahaz rested with his fathers
and was buried in Samaria.
And Jehoash his son succeeded hm as king.
In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah,
Jehoash son of Jehoahaz
became king of Israel in Samaria,
and he reigned sixteen years.
Jehoash rested with his fathers,
and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne.
Jehoash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
Elisha died and was buried.
(II Kings 13:1,9-10,13,20,

In the second year of Jehoash
son of Jehoahaz king of Israel,
Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah began to reign.
He was twenty-five years old when he became king,
and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years.
His mother's name was Jehoaddin;
she was from Jerusalem.
Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah
lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash
son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
They conspired against him in Jerusalem,
and he fled to Lachiash,
but they sent men after him there.
He was brought back by horse
and was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers,
in the City of David.
Then all the people of Judah took Azariah,
who was sixteen years old,
and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah
son of Joash king of Judah,
Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel
became king in Samaria,
and he reigned forty-one years.
Jeroboam rested with his fathers,
the kings of Israel.
And Zechariah his son succeeded him as king.
(II Kings 14:1-2,17,19-21,23,29)

In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel,
Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign.
He was sixteen years old when he became king,
and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two ears.
His mother's name was Jecoliah;
she was from Jerusalem.
Azariah rested with his fathers
and was buried in the City of David.
and Jotham his son succeeded him as king.
In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah,
Zechariah son of Jeroboam
became king of Israel in Samaria,
and he reigned six moths.
Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah.
He attacked him in front of the people,
assassinated him and succeeded him as king.
So the word of the Lord spoken to Jehu was fulfilled:
"Your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel
to the fourth generation."
Shallum son of Jabesh became king
in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah,
and he reigned in Samaria one month.
Then Menahem son of Gadi
went from Tirzah up to Samaria.
He attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria,
assassinated him and succeeded him as king.
In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah,
Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel,
and he reigned in Samaria ten years.
Menahem rested with his fathers.
And Pekahiah his son succeeded him as king.
In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah,
Pekahiah son of Menahem
became king of Israel in Samaria,
and he reigned two years.
One of his chief officers, Pekah son of Remaliah,
conspired against him.
Taking fifty men of Gilead with him,
he assassinated Pekahiah, along with Argob and Arieh,
in the citadel of the royal palace at Samaria.
So Pekah killed Pekahiah and succeeded him as king.
In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah,
Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel in Samaria,
and he reigned twenty years.
Then Hosea son of Elah conspired against
against Pekah son of Remaliah.
He attacked and assassinated him,
and then succeeded him as king in the twentieth year
of Jotham son of Uzziah.
In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel,
Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah began to reign.
He was twenty-five years old when he became king,
and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
His mother's name of Jerusha daughter of Zadok.
Jotham rested with his fathers
and was bried with them in the City of David,
the city of his father.
And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.
(II Kings 15:1-2,7-8,10,12-14;17,22;23,25;27,30;32-33,38)