27. In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria for twenty years.
28. He did evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
29. In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali, and then exiled them to Assyria.
30. Then Hoshea son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah and struck and killed him. Then he reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
31. The rest of the deeds of Pekah and all that he did are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.
32. In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, became king.
33. He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.
34. He did what was right in the sight of the Lord. He did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
35. Only he did not remove the high places. The people continued sacrificing and making offerings on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord.
36. Now the rest of the deeds of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
37. In those days the Lord began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.
38. Jotham slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Ahaz his son reigned in his place.