15. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
16. Then Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. Then his son Jeroboam became king in his place.
17. And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
18. Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
19. They conspired against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish, but they sent men after him to Lachish and assassinated him there.
20. Then they brought his body back on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
21. And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and proclaimed him king in place of his father Amaziah.
22. It was he who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after the previous king slept with his fathers.
23. In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and he reigned 41 years.
24. But he did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes. He did not turn away from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to commit.
25. It was he who restored Israel’s border from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, as was the word of Adonai, God of Israel, which He spoke by the hand of His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.
26. For Adonai saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter and spared no one—whether bond or free—nor was there a helper for Israel.
27. But Adonai did not say He would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, so He delivered them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joash.
28. Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did, and his might, including how he fought and recovered Damascus and Hamath for Judah in Israel, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
29. Then Jeroboam slept with his fathers with the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah became king in his place.