20. So Menahem ordered every rich person in Israel to give him fifty pieces of silver, and he gave it all to Tiglath Pileser, who stopped his attack and left Israel.
21. Everything else Menahem did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Israel.
22. Menahem died, and his son Pekahiah became king.
23. Pekahiah became king of Israel in the fiftieth year of Azariah's rule in Judah, and he ruled two years from Samaria.
24. He disobeyed the Lord and caused the Israelites to sin, just as Jeroboam son of Nebat had done.
25. Pekah son of Remaliah was Pekahiah's chief officer, but he made plans to kill the king. So he and fifty men from Gilead broke into the strongest part of the palace in Samaria and murdered Pekahiah, together with Argob and Arieh. Pekah then became king.
26. Everything else Pekahiah did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Israel.
27. Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel in Azariah's fifty-second year as king of Judah, and he ruled twenty years from Samaria.
28. He disobeyed the Lord and followed the evil example of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused the Israelites to sin.
29. During Pekah's rule, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria marched into Israel. He captured the territories of Gilead and Galilee, including the towns of Ijon, Abel-Bethmaacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor, as well as the entire territory of Naphtali. Then he took Israelites from those regions to Assyria as prisoners.
30. In the twentieth year of Jotham's rule in Judah, Hoshea son of Elah plotted against Pekah and murdered him. Hoshea then became king of Israel.
31. Everything else Pekah did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Israel.
32. Jotham son of Azariah became king of Judah in the second year of Pekah's rule in Israel.
33. Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he ruled sixteen years from Jerusalem. His mother Jerusha was the daughter of Zadok.
34. Jotham followed the example of his father by obeying the Lord and doing right.
35. It was Jotham who rebuilt the Upper Gate that led into the court around the Lord's temple. But the local shrines were not destroyed, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices.
36. Everything else Jotham did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah.
37. During his rule, the Lord let King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel start attacking Judah.