2 Kings 15 - Study the King James Bible

In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

am 3194, bc 810
In the: 2 Kings 15:8, 2 Kings 14:16, 2 Kings 14:17
twenty and seventh: "This is the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam's partnership in the kingdom with his father, who made him consort at his going to the Syrian wars. It is the sixteenth year of Jeroboam's monarchy."
Azariah: 2 Kings 15:13, 2 Kings 15:30-38, 2 Kings 14:21, 2 Chronicles 26:1, 2 Chronicles 26:3, 2 Chronicles 26:4, Uzziah
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:6 - Azariah 2 Kings 15:32 - Jotham Hosea 1:1 - Uzziah Amos 1:1 - in the Matthew 1:8 - Ozias

Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:27 - the two 2 Chronicles 26:3 - Jecoliah Hosea 1:1 - Uzziah Amos 1:1 - in the

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

2 Kings 12:2, 2 Kings 12:3, 2 Kings 14:3, 2 Kings 14:4, 2 Chronicles 26:4
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:43 - the high 2 Kings 15:34 - according 2 Kings 16:2 - did not 2 Chronicles 26:3 - Jecoliah

Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

the high places: 2 Kings 15:35, 2 Kings 14:4, 2 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 15:14, 1 Kings 22:43, 2 Chronicles 17:6, 2 Chronicles 32:12, 2 Chronicles 34:3
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:3 - only he 2 Kings 15:34 - according 2 Chronicles 33:17 - people

And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.

am 3239-3246, bc 765-758
the Lord: 2 Samuel 3:29, 2 Chronicles 26:16-20, Job 34:19
so that: 2 Kings 5:27, Numbers 12:10
and dwelt: 2 Kings 7:3, Leviticus 13:46, Numbers 12:14, Deuteronomy 24:8
Jotham: 2 Chronicles 26:21, 2 Chronicles 26:23
judging: 2 Samuel 8:15, 2 Samuel 15:2-4, 1 Kings 3:9, 1 Kings 3:28, Psalms 72:1
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 25:38 - the Lord 2 Samuel 12:15 - struck the child 1 Chronicles 3:12 - Jotham 1 Chronicles 5:17 - Jotham Matthew 8:2 - a leper Mark 1:40 - a leper

And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Azariah: Dr. Kennicott complains loudly here of "the corruption in the name of this king of Judah, who is expressed by four different names in this chapter: Ozriah, Oziah, Ozrihu, and Ozihu. Our oldest Hebrew manuscript relieves us here, by reading truly, in 2 Kings 15:1, 2 Kings 15:6, 2 Kings 15:7, Uzziah, where the printed text is differently corrupted. This reading is called true:
1. Because it is supported by the Syriac and Arabic versions in these three verses.
2. Because the printed text itself has it so in 2 Kings 15:32 and 2 Kings 15:34 of this very chapter.
3. Because it is so expressed in the parallel place in Chronicles.
4. Because it is not זבסיבע, Azarias, but זיבע, Ozias (Uzziah) in St. Matthew's genealogy.
they not written: 2 Kings 14:18, 2 Chronicles 26:5-15
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:23 - General 2 Kings 15:36 - the rest 2 Kings 16:19 - General 2 Kings 20:20 - the book 2 Chronicles 26:23 - slept

So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

am 3246, bc 758, 2 Chronicles 26:23, Isaiah 6:1, Uzziah
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:6 - Azariah 2 Kings 15:32 - Jotham 2 Kings 15:36 - the rest 2 Kings 16:19 - General Matthew 1:9 - Joatham

In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.

am 3231, bc 773
the thirty: "There having been an interregnum for eleven years." 2 Kings 15:1, 2 Kings 14:16, 2 Kings 14:17, 2 Kings 14:21
Zachariah: 2 Kings 14:29
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 10:30 - thy children 2 Kings 15:27 - the two Proverbs 28:2 - the transgression Amos 7:9 - I will

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

as his: 2 Kings 10:29, 2 Kings 10:31, 2 Kings 13:2, 2 Kings 13:11, 2 Kings 14:24
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 3:3 - he departed 2 Kings 15:18 - General 2 Kings 15:24 - General 2 Kings 15:28 - evil 2 Kings 17:2 - but not as the kings 2 Kings 17:22 - walked in all the sins

10.

And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

am 3232, bc 772
smote him: "As prophesied. Amos 7:9."
slew him: 2 Kings 15:14, 2 Kings 15:25, 2 Kings 15:30, 2 Kings 9:24, 2 Kings 9:31, 1 Kings 15:28, 1 Kings 16:9, 1 Kings 16:10, Hosea 1:4, Hosea 1:5
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:15 - so that he died 2 Kings 14:19 - they made 1 Chronicles 2:40 - Shallum Hosea 7:7 - devoured Hosea 8:4 - set

11.

And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

2 Kings 14:28
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:15 - General

12.

This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.

am 3120, bc 884
the word: 2 Kings 10:30
Thy sons: 2 Kings 13:1, 2 Kings 13:10, 2 Kings 13:13, 2 Kings 14:29
And so: 2 Kings 9:25, 2 Kings 9:26, 2 Kings 9:36, 2 Kings 9:37, 2 Kings 10:10, Numbers 23:19, Zechariah 1:6, Mark 13:31, John 10:35, John 19:24, John 19:36, John 19:37, Acts 1:16

13.

Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.

am 3232, bc 772
Uzziah: 2 Kings 15:1, Azariah, Matthew 1:8, Matthew 1:9, Ozias
a full month: Heb. a month of days, 1 Kings 16:15, Job 20:15, Psalms 55:23, Proverbs 28:2, Proverbs 28:17
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 14:21 - Azariah 2 Kings 15:17 - nine 2 Kings 15:27 - the two 2 Kings 15:32 - Jotham

14.

For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

Tirzah: 1 Kings 14:17, 1 Kings 15:21, 1 Kings 15:33, 1 Kings 16:8, 1 Kings 16:9, 1 Kings 16:15, 1 Kings 16:17
and smote: 2 Kings 15:10
Reciprocal: Joshua 12:24 - Tirzah 2 Kings 14:19 - they made Hosea 7:7 - devoured

15.

And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

2 Kings 15:11, 1 Kings 14:19, 1 Kings 14:29, 1 Kings 22:39
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:21 - General 2 Kings 15:26 - General

16.

Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

Tiphsah: 1 Kings 4:24
all the women: 2 Kings 8:12, Amos 1:13
Reciprocal: Judges 9:52 - General Proverbs 28:15 - so Hosea 5:11 - oppressed Hosea 9:13 - shall Hosea 13:16 - their infants Matthew 24:19 - General

17.

In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.

am 3232-3243, bc 772-761
nine: 2 Kings 15:13
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:32 - Jotham

18.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

2 Kings 15:9
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 3:3 - he departed 2 Kings 10:29 - the sins 2 Kings 15:24 - General 2 Kings 15:28 - evil 2 Kings 17:2 - but not as the kings 2 Kings 17:20 - delivered Proverbs 29:4 - he that receiveth gifts

19.

And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

am 3233, bc 771
Pul: Prideaux supposes that this Pul was the father of the famous Sardanapalus, who was called Sardan with his father's name Pul annexed, as was frequent in those times, making Sardanpul: thus Merodach, king of Babylon, was Merodach-Baladan, because he was the son Baladan. This Pul began to reign according to Usher, am 3237, the fifth year of Menahem; and he is supposed to be the same that reigned in Nineveh, when Jonah preached in that city. 1 Chronicles 5:25, 1 Chronicles 5:26, Isaiah 9:1
Menahem: 2 Kings 12:18, 2 Kings 16:8, 2 Kings 17:3, 2 Kings 17:4, 2 Kings 18:16, Hosea 5:13, Hosea 8:9, Hosea 8:10, Hosea 10:6
to confirm: 2 Kings 14:5, Jeremiah 17:5
Reciprocal: Genesis 10:22 - Elam 2 Kings 23:35 - taxed 2 Chronicles 30:6 - escaped 2 Chronicles 32:1 - king of Assyria Nehemiah 9:32 - since the time Isaiah 33:18 - receiver Ezekiel 23:5 - on the Hosea 7:9 - devoured Hosea 7:11 - they call Hosea 8:7 - the strangers Hosea 11:5 - but Hosea 12:1 - and they Amos 3:11 - General

20.

And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.

Menahem: 2 Kings 23:35
exacted: Heb. caused to come forth
the mighty: Ruth 2:1, 2 Samuel 19:32, Job 1:3
of each man: etc. Or, rather, as Bishop Patrick renders, "to give to the king of Assyria fifty shekels of silver for each man," i.e., in his army. It may be supposed, that Menahem compelled "the mighty men of wealth" to give much more a-piece than this sum - somewhat about 5. sterling each and each of them in some proportion to his affluence.
stayed not: 2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 17:3, 2 Kings 17:4, 2 Kings 18:14-17
Reciprocal: Hosea 8:10 - for

21.

And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

am 3232-3243, bc 772-761, 2 Kings 15:15
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 6:36 - thou be angry

22.

And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.

23.

In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.

am 3243, bc 761
and reigned two years: 2 Kings 21:19, 1 Kings 15:25, 1 Kings 16:8, 1 Kings 22:51, Job 20:5
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:27 - the two 2 Kings 15:32 - Jotham

24.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

am 3243-3245, bc 761-759, 2 Kings 15:9, 2 Kings 15:18
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 10:29 - the sins 2 Kings 17:2 - but not as the kings

25.

But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.

am 3245, bc 759
Pekah: 2 Kings 15:27, 2 Chronicles 28:6
a captain: 2 Kings 9:5, 1 Kings 16:9
conspired: 2 Kings 15:10, 2 Kings 9:14
with Argob: From the contstruction of the Hebrew Text, it would appear that Argob and Arieh were slain with the king, and that the fifty Gileadites were conspirators with Pekah.
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:15 - so that he died 2 Kings 14:19 - they made 2 Kings 15:30 - made 2 Kings 21:23 - General Jeremiah 41:7 - slew Hosea 7:7 - devoured

26.

And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

2 Kings 15:15
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 20:20 - the book

27.

In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.

am 3245-3265, bc 759-739
the two: 2 Kings 15:2, 2 Kings 15:8, 2 Kings 15:13, 2 Kings 15:23
Pekah: 2 Kings 15:25, 2 Kings 15:37, Isaiah 7:1, Isaiah 7:4, Isaiah 7:9
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:32 - Jotham 2 Kings 16:1 - seventeenth 2 Chronicles 28:6 - Pekah

28.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

evil: 2 Kings 15:9, 2 Kings 15:18, 2 Kings 13:2, 2 Kings 13:6, 2 Kings 21:2
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 10:29 - the sins

29.

In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Jonoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

Tiglathpileser: Some suppose Tiglath-pileser to be the son of Sardanapalus, but the learned Prideaux makes him the same as Arbaces the Mede, called by Alian, Thelgamus, and by Castor, Ninus Junior, who, with Belesis, headed the conspiracy against Sardanapalus, and fixed his royal seat at Nineveh, as Belesis, called in Scripture Baladan - Isaiah 39:1, did his at Babylon. He reigned nineteen years, from am 3257 to am 3276. 2 Kings 16:7, 1 Chronicles 5:6, 1 Chronicles 5:26, 2 Chronicles 28:20, 2 Chronicles 28:21, Tiglath-pilneser, Isaiah 9:1
Ijon: 1 Kings 15:20, 2 Chronicles 16:4, Abel-beth-maachah, 2 Samuel 20:14, 2 Samuel 20:15
Janoah: Joshua 16:6, Janohah
Kedesh: Joshua 19:37, Joshua 20:7
Hazor: Joshua 11:1, Joshua 11:10, Joshua 11:13, Joshua 12:19, Judges 4:2
Gilead: Numbers 32:1, Numbers 32:40, Deuteronomy 3:15, Amos 1:3, Amos 1:13
Galilee: Joshua 20:7, 1 Kings 9:11, Isaiah 9:1, Isaiah 9:2, Matthew 4:15, Matthew 4:16
carried them: 2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 17:23, Leviticus 26:32, Leviticus 26:38, Leviticus 26:39, Deuteronomy 4:26, Deuteronomy 4:27, Deuteronomy 28:25, Deuteronomy 28:64, Deuteronomy 28:65, Isaiah 1:7, Isaiah 7:20
Reciprocal: Genesis 46:24 - Naphtali Numbers 32:19 - we will 1 Kings 9:15 - Hazor 1 Kings 14:15 - shall scatter 2 Kings 15:20 - stayed not 2 Kings 17:3 - king of Assyria 2 Kings 17:20 - delivered 1 Chronicles 5:22 - until the captivity 2 Chronicles 30:6 - escaped 2 Chronicles 32:13 - I and my Nehemiah 9:32 - since the time Isaiah 7:4 - the two tails Isaiah 7:16 - the land Isaiah 8:4 - the riches of Damascus Isaiah 9:11 - set up Isaiah 10:13 - I have removed Isaiah 28:1 - whose Isaiah 37:18 - the kings Jeremiah 3:12 - toward the north Jeremiah 50:17 - first Ezekiel 23:9 - General Hosea 1:4 - will cause Hosea 5:11 - oppressed Hosea 5:13 - went Hosea 8:7 - the strangers Hosea 11:5 - but Amos 3:11 - General Amos 5:2 - is fallen Amos 5:15 - the remnant Amos 5:27 - beyond Amos 6:6 - affliction Amos 6:14 - I will Micah 2:10 - and Micah 5:6 - the Assyrian Zechariah 1:18 - four

30.

And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

am 3265, bc 739
made: 2 Kings 15:10, 2 Kings 15:25
and smote: Hosea 10:3, Hosea 10:7, Hosea 10:15
reigned: "After an anarchy for some years."
in the twentieth: "In the fourth year of Ahaz, in the twentieth year after Jotham had begun to reign." - Usher. 2 Kings 15:32, 2 Kings 15:33, 2 Kings 16:1, 2 Kings 17:1, 2 Chronicles 28:4-6, 2 Chronicles 28:16, Isaiah 7:1-9, Isaiah 8:6
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 16:9 - conspired 2 Kings 8:15 - so that he died 2 Kings 9:14 - conspired 2 Kings 14:19 - they made 2 Kings 18:1 - in the third 2 Kings 21:23 - General 1 Chronicles 3:12 - Azariah Nehemiah 10:23 - Hoshea Isaiah 7:4 - the two tails Isaiah 7:16 - the land Isaiah 9:21 - Ephraim Hosea 7:7 - devoured

31.

And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

32.

In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

am 3246, bc 758
Jotham: 2 Kings 15:7, 1 Chronicles 3:12, 2 Chronicles 27:1-9, Matthew 1:9
Jotham: Uzziah, 2 Kings 15:1, 2 Kings 15:7, 2 Kings 15:13, 2 Kings 15:17, 2 Kings 15:23, 2 Kings 15:27, 2 Kings 14:21, 1 Chronicles 3:12, Azariah
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:6 - Azariah 2 Kings 15:30 - in the twentieth 2 Kings 16:1 - seventeenth 1 Chronicles 5:17 - Jotham Hosea 1:1 - Uzziah

33.

Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

am 3246-3262, bc 758-742
Jerusha: 2 Chronicles 27:1, Jerushah
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:30 - in the twentieth 2 Kings 16:1 - seventeenth

34.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

according: 2 Kings 15:3, 2 Kings 15:4, 2 Chronicles 26:4, 2 Chronicles 26:5, 2 Chronicles 27:2
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:6 - Azariah 2 Kings 16:2 - did not

35.

Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.

Howbeit: 2 Kings 15:4, 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Chronicles 32:12
the higher gate: 2 Chronicles 27:3-9
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:3 - only he 2 Kings 14:4 - the high places 2 Chronicles 27:2 - the people Isaiah 65:7 - burned Jeremiah 26:10 - the new Jeremiah 36:10 - entry Ezekiel 9:2 - the higher

36.

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

the rest: 2 Kings 15:6, 2 Kings 15:7, 2 Chronicles 27:4-9
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:23 - General 2 Kings 16:19 - General

37.

In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

am 3262, bc 742
In those days: "At the end of Jotham's reign." This Jotham died at forty-one. He was too great a blessing to be continued long to such an unworthy people. His death was a judgment, especially considering the character of Ahaz, his son and successor: for we read - 2 Kings 16:3 Ahaz made his son pass through the fire. This son may have been Hezekiah, who served the Lord, and whose prayer in sickness was most graciously herd and answered. Isaiah 38:1-22
began: 2 Kings 10:32, 1 Samuel 3:12, Jeremiah 25:29, Luke 21:28
to send: Deuteronomy 28:48, Psalms 78:49, Isaiah 10:5-7, Jeremiah 16:16, Jeremiah 43:10
Rezin: 2 Kings 16:5, 2 Chronicles 28:6, Isaiah 7:1, Isaiah 7:8, Hosea 5:12, Hosea 5:13
Pekah: 2 Kings 15:27

38.

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

Jotham: 2 Samuel 7:12, 1 Kings 1:2, 1 Kings 14:20, 1 Kings 14:31
Ahaz: 2 Kings 16:1, 1 Chronicles 3:13, 2 Chronicles 28:1, Matthew 1:9, Achaz
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 16:19 - General 2 Chronicles 27:9 - Jotham