24. He did what the Lord considered evil. He didn’t turn away from the sins that Jer o boam (Nebat’s son) led Israel to commit.
25. His officer Pekah, son of Remaliah, plotted against him. With 50 men from Gilead, Pekah attacked Pekahiah, Argob, and Arieh in the fortress of the royal palace in Samaria. Pekah killed him and succeeded him as king.
26. Everything else about Pekahiah—everything he did—is written in the official records of the kings of Israel.
27. In Azariah’s fifty-second year as king of Judah, Pekah, son of Remaliah, began to rule Israel in Samaria. He ruled for 20 years.
28. He did what the Lord considered evil. He did not turn away from the sins that Jer o boam (Nebat’s son) led Israel to commit.
29. In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and the entire territory of Naphtali. He also took the people away to Assyria as captives.
30. Hoshea, son of Elah, plotted against Pekah, son of Remaliah. Hoshea attacked him and killed him. Hoshea began to rule as king in his place in the twentieth year that Azariah, son of Jotham, was king of Judah.
31. Everything else about Pekah—everything he did—is written in the official records of the kings of Israel.
32. In the second year that King Pekah, son of Remaliah, ruled Israel, Jotham, son of Azariah, began to rule as king of Judah.
33. He was 25 years old when he began to rule. He ruled for 16 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha, daughter of Zadok.
34. He did what the Lord considered right, as his father Azariah had done.
35. But the illegal places of worship were not torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites. Jotham built the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple.
36. Isn’t everything else about Jotham—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Judah?
37. In those days the Lord began to use King Rezin of Aram and Pekah, son of Remaliah, to attack Judah.