24. He did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes. He didn’t deviate from the sins that Jeroboam, Nebat’s son, had caused Israel to commit.
25. Pekah, Remaliah’s son and Pekahiah’s officer, plotted against him. Pekah struck Pekahiah in Samaria at the palace fortress, along with Argob and Arieh. Pekah had fifty Gileadites with him. He murdered Pekahiah and succeeded him as king.
26. The rest of Pekahiah’s deeds and all that he accomplished are written in the official records of Israel’s kings.
27. Pekah, Remaliah’s son, became king of Israel in the fifty-second year of Judah’s King Azariah. Pekah ruled for twenty years in Samaria.
28. He did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes. He didn’t deviate from the sins that Jeroboam, Nebat’s son, had caused Israel to commit.
29. In the days of Israel’s King Pekah, Assyria’s King Tiglath-pileser came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor. He also captured Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali. He sent the people into exile to Assyria.
30. Then Hoshea, Elah’s son, plotted against Pekah, Remaliah’s son. He struck Pekah down, murdering him. Hoshea became king after Pekah in the twentieth year of Uzziah’s son Jotham.
31. The rest of Pekah’s kingship and all that he accomplished are written in the official records of Israel’s kings.
32. Jotham, Uzziah’s son, became king of Judah in the second year of Israel’s King Pekah, Remaliah’s son.
33. Jotham was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusha; she was Zadok’s daughter.
34. Jotham did what was right in the Lord’s eyes, just as his father Uzziah had done.
35. However, he didn’t remove the shrines. The people continued to sacrifice and burn incense at them. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple.
36. The rest of Jotham’s deeds, aren’t they written in the official records of Judah’s kings?
37. It was in those days that the Lord began to send Aram’s King Rezin and Pekah, Remaliah’s son, against Judah.
38. Jotham died and was buried with his ancestors in David’s City. His son Ahaz succeeded him as king.