24. He sinned against the Lord, following the wicked example of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.
25. An officer of Pekahiah's forces, Pekah son of Remaliah, plotted with fifty men from Gilead, assassinated Pekahiah in the palace's inner fortress in Samaria, and succeeded him as king.
26. Everything else that Pekahiah did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.
27. In the 52nd year of the reign of King Uzziah of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for twenty years.
28. He sinned against the Lord, following the wicked example of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.
29. It was while Pekah was king that Tiglath Pileser, the emperor of Assyria, captured the cities of Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor, and the territories of Gilead, Galilee, and Naphtali, and took the people to Assyria as prisoners.
30. In the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah as king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah plotted against King Pekah, assassinated him, and succeeded him as king.
31. Everything else that Pekah did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.
32. In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah as king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah
33. at the age of 25, and he ruled in Jerusalem for sixteen years. His mother was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
34. Following the example of his father Uzziah, Jotham did what was pleasing to the Lord.
35. But the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. It was Jotham who built the North Gate of the Temple.
36. Everything else that Jotham did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.