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The Leprosy of Azaryah and the Entropy of the North
In the twenty and seventh year of Yarobam king of Yashar'al began Azaryah son of Amatzyahu king of Yahudah to reign.
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Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Yarushalayim. And his mother's name was Yecholiah of Yarushalayim.
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And he did that which was right in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, according to all that his father Amatzyahu had done;
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Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
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The Quarantine of the King
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Yotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
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And the rest of the acts of Azaryah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yahudah?
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So Azaryah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of Dawid: and Yotham his son reigned in his stead.
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The Fall of the House of Yehu
In the thirty and eighth year of Azaryah king of Yahudah did Zekaryahu the son of Yarobam reign over Yashar'al in Shomron six months.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Yarobam the son of Nebat, who made Yashar'al to sin.
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And Shallum the son of Yabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
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And the rest of the acts of Zekaryahu, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yashar'al.
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The Fulfillment of the Celestial Decree
This was the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 which he spake unto Yehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Yashar'al unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
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The One-Month Reign of Shallum
Shallum the son of Yabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uziyahu king of Yahudah; and he reigned a full month in Shomron.
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For Menachem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Shomron, and smote Shallum the son of Yabesh in Shomron, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
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And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yashar'al.
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The Brutality of Menachem
Then Menachem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
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The Reign of Menachem in Shomron
In the nine and thirtieth year of Azaryah king of Yahudah began Menachem the son of Gadi to reign over Yashar'al, and reigned ten years in Shomron.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄: he departed not all his days from the sins of Yarobam the son of Nebat, who made Yashar'al to sin.
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The Assyrian Extortion
And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menachem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
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And Menachem exacted the money of Yashar'al, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
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And the rest of the acts of Menachem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yashar'al?
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And Menachem slept with his fathers; and Pekachyah his son reigned in his stead.
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The Reign and Assassination of Pekachyah
In the fiftieth year of Azaryah king of Yahudah Pekachyah the son of Menachem began to reign over Yashar'al in Shomron, and reigned two years.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄: he departed not from the sins of Yarobam the son of Nebat, who made Yashar'al to sin.
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But Pekach the son of Remalyahu, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Shomron, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
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And the rest of the acts of Pekachyah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yashar'al.
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The Reign of Pekach and the Assyrian Exile
In the two and fiftieth year of Azaryah king of Yahudah Pekach the son of Remalyahu began to reign over Yashar'al in Shomron, and reigned twenty years.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄: he departed not from the sins of Yarobam the son of Nebat, who made Yashar'al to sin.
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The First Waves of Captivity
In the days of Pekach king of Yashar'al came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Iyon, and Habal-beth-maachah, and Yanoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtaliy, and carried them captive to Assyria.
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The Conspiracy of Hoshea
And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekach the son of Remalyahu, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Yotham the son of Uziyahu.
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And the rest of the acts of Pekach, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yashar'al.
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The Reign of Yotham in Yahudah
In the second year of Pekach the son of Remalyahu king of Yashar'al began Yotham the son of Uziyahu king of Yahudah to reign.
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Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Yarushalayim. And his mother's name was Yarusha, the daughter of Tzadok.
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And he did that which was right in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄: he did according to all that his father Uziyahu had done.
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The Higher Gate of the House
Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
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Now the rest of the acts of Yotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yahudah?
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The Geopolitical Pressures on Yahudah
In those days 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 began to send against Yahudah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekach the son of Remalyahu.
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And Yotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Dawid his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.