1. Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah in Jeroboam's twenty-seventh year as king of Israel.
2. He was only sixteen years old when he became king, and he ruled fifty-two years from Jerusalem, which was also the home town of his mother Jecoliah.
3. Azariah obeyed the Lord by doing right, as his father Amaziah had done.
4. But Azariah did not destroy the local shrines, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices.
5. The Lord punished Azariah with leprosy for the rest of his life. He wasn't allowed to live in the royal palace, so his son Jotham lived there and ruled in his place.
6. Everything else Azariah did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah.
7. Azariah died and was buried beside his ancestors in Jerusalem. His son Jotham then became king.
8. Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Azariah's rule in Judah, but he ruled only six months from Samaria.
9. Like his ancestors, Zechariah disobeyed the Lord by following the evil ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused the Israelites to sin.
10. Shallum son of Jabesh plotted against Zechariah and killed him in public. Shallum then became king.
11-12. So the Lord had kept his promise to Jehu that the next four kings of Israel would come from his family.Everything else Zechariah did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Israel.
13. Shallum became king of Israel in the thirty-ninth year of Azariah's rule in Judah. But only one month after Shallum became king,
14-16. Menahem son of Gadi came to Samaria from Tirzah and killed him. Menahem then became king. The town of Tiphsah would not surrender to him, so he destroyed it and all the surrounding towns as far as Tirzah. He killed everyone living in Tiphsah, and with his sword he even ripped open pregnant women.Everything else Shallum did while he was king, including his plot against Zechariah, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel.