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* In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel Azarias the son of Amessias king of Juda (note :)Gr . reigned (:note ) began to reign . * * And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord , according to all things that Amessias his father did . * Only he took not away any of the high places : as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places . * And the Lord (note :)Gr . touched (:note ) plagued the king , and he was made leprous leprous till the day of his death ; and he reigned in The Gr . is from tyvpxh a separate house . And Joatham the king ’s son was over the household , judging the people of the land . * And the rest of the acts of Azarias , and all that he did , are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda ? * And Azarias slept with his fathers , and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David : and Joatham his son reigned in his stead . * In the thirty and eighth year of Azarias king of Juda Zacharias the son of Jeroboam (note :)Gr . reigned (:note ) began to reign over Israel in Samaria six months . * And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord , as his fathers had done : he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat , who made Israel to sin . * And Sellum the son of Jabis and others conspired against him , and they smote him (note :)Hebrews . Me-lbq before the people (:note ) in Keblaam , and slew him , and he reigned in his stead . * And the rest of the acts of Zacharias , behold , they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel . * This was the word of the Lord which he spoke to Ju , saying , Thy sons of the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel : and it was so . * And Sellum the son of Jabis reigned : and in the thirty and ninth year of Azarias king of Juda (note :)Gr . reigned (:note ) began Sellum to reign a full month in Samaria . * And Manaem the son of Gaddi went up out of Tharsila , and came to Samaria , and smote Sellum the son of Jabis in Samaria , and slew him . * And the rest of the acts of Sellum , and his conspiracy wherein he was engaged , behold , they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel . * Then Manaem smote both Thersa and all that was in it , and its borders extending beyond Thersa , because they opened not to him : and he smote it , and ripped up the women with child . * In the thirty and ninth year of Azarias king of Juda (note :)Gr . reigned (:note ) began Manaem the son of Gaddi to reign over Israel in Samaria ten years . * And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord : he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat , who led Israel to sin . * In his days went up Phua king of the Assyrians against the land : and Manaem gave to Phua a thousand talents of silver to aid him with his power . * And Manaem raised the silver by a tax upon Israel , even on every mighty man in wealth , to give to the king of the Assyrians , fifty shekels levied on each man ; and the king of the Assyrians departed , and remained not there in the land . * And the rest of the acts of Manaem , and all that he did , behold , are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? * And Manaem slept with his fathers ; and Phakesias his son reigned in his stead . * In the fiftieth year of Azarias king of Juda , (note :)Gr . reigned (:note ) began Phakesias the son of Manaem to reign over Israel in Samaria two years . * And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord : he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat , who made Israel to sin . * And Phakee the son of Romelias , his officer , conspired against him , and smote him in Samaria in the front of the king ’s house , with Argob and Aria , and with him there were fifty men of the four hundred : and he slew him , and reigned in his stead . * And the rest of the acts of Phakesias , and all that he did , behold , they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel . * In the fifty-second year of Azarias king of Juda (note :)Gr . reigned (:note ) began Phakee the son of Romelias to reign over Israel in Samaria twenty years . * And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord : he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat , who led Israel to sin . * In the days of Phakee king of Israel came Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians , and took Ain , and Abel , and Thamaacha , and Anioch , and Kenez , and Asor , and (note :)Or , Galaan (:note ) Galaa , and Galilee , even all the land of Nephthali , and carried them away to the Assyrians . * And Osee son of Ela (note :)Gr . conspired , etc .(:note ) formed a conspiracy against Phakee the son of Romelias , and smote him , and slew him , and reigned in his stead , in the twentieth year of Joatham the son of Azarias . * And the rest of the acts of Phakee , and all that he did , behold , these are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel . * In the second year of Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel (note :)Gr . reigned (:note ) began Joatham the son of Azarias king of Juda to reign . * * And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , according to all things that his father Azarias did . * Nevertheless he took not away the high places : as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places . He built the upper gate of the Lord ’s house . * And the rest of the acts of Joatham , and all that he did , are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda ? * In those days the Lord began to (note :)Or , let loose (:note ) send forth against Juda Raasson king of Syria , and Phakee son of Romelias . * And Joatham slept with his fathers , and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father : and Achaz his son reigned in his stead .

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