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.
17. Menahem became king of Israel in Azariah's thirty-ninth year as king of Judah, and he ruled Israel ten years from Samaria.
18. He constantly disobeyed the Lord by following the example of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused the Israelites to sin.
19. During Menahem's rule, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria invaded Israel. He agreed to help Menahem keep control of his kingdom, if Menahem would pay him thirty-four thousand kilogrammes of silver.
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.