4. Krallar 15

¹İsrail Kralı Yeroboam'ın krallığının yirmi yedinci yılında, Yahuda Kralı Amessias oğlu Azarias kral oldu.

²Tahta çıktığında on altı yaşındaydı ve Yeruşalim'de elli iki yıl krallık yaptı; annesinin adı Yeruşalimli Iechelia idi.

³Babası Amessias'ın yapmış olduğu her şey gibi, o da Rab'bin gözünde doğru olanı yaptı.

⁴Ancak yüksek yerleri ortadan kaldırmadı; halk hâlâ yüksek yerlerde kurban sunmaya ve buhur yakmaya devam ediyordu.

⁵Rab kralı vurdu; kral öleceği güne kadar cüzzamlı kaldı ve affusoth evinde yaşadı. Kralın oğlu Ioatham ise sarayın yönetimini üstlenip ülke halkını yargılıyordu.

⁶Azarias'ın yaptığı diğer işler ve tüm yaptıkları, Yahuda krallarının günlük kayıtlar kitabında yazılı değil midir?

⁷Azarias ölüp atalarına kavuştu ve onu Davut Kenti'nde atalarının yanına gömdüler; yerine oğlu Ioatham kral oldu.

⁸Yahuda Kralı Azarias'ın otuz sekizinci yılında, Yeroboam oğlu Zacharias, Samiriye'de İsrail üzerinde altı ay krallık yaptı.

⁹Atalarının yaptığı gibi, o da Rab'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı; İsrail'i günaha sürükleyen Nabat oğlu Yeroboam'ın günahlarının hiçbirinden uzaklaşmadı.

¹⁰Iabis oğlu Selloum ve Keblaam ona karşı komplo kurdular, onu vurup öldürdüler ve Selloum onun yerine kral oldu.

¹¹Zacharias'ın yaptığı diğer işler, işte İsrail krallarının günlük kayıtlar kitabında yazılıdır.

¹²Rab'bin Yehu'ye söylediği şu söz yerine gelmişti: "Soyundan gelen dördüncü kuşak oğulların İsrail tahtına oturacak." Ve öyle de oldu.

¹³Iabis oğlu Selloum kral oldu; Yahuda Kralı Azarias'ın otuz dokuzuncu yılında, Selloum Samiriye'de tam bir ay krallık yaptı.

¹⁴Gaddi oğlu Manaem, Tharsila'dan çıkıp Samiriye'ye geldi; Samiriye'de Iabis oğlu Selloum'u vurup öldürdü ve yerine kral oldu.

¹⁵Selloum'un yaptığı diğer işler ve düzenlediği komplo, işte İsrail krallarının günlük kayıtlar kitabında yazılıdır.

¹⁶O sırada Manaem, Thersa'yı, içindeki herkesi ve Thersa'dan itibaren sınırlarını vurdu; çünkü kapılarını ona açmamışlardı. Orayı yerle bir etti ve gebe kadınların karınlarını yardı.

¹⁷Yahuda Kralı Azarias'ın otuz dokuzuncu yılında, Gaddi oğlu Manaem, Samiriye'de İsrail üzerinde on yıl krallık yaptı.

¹⁸Rab'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı; İsrail'i günaha sürükleyen Nabat oğlu Yeroboam'ın günahlarının hiçbirinden uzaklaşmadı.

¹⁹Onun döneminde Asur Kralı Phoul ülkeye saldırdı; Manaem, kendisini desteklemesi için Phoul'a bin talant gümüş verdi.

²⁰Manaem bu gümüşü Asur kralına vermek üzere İsrail'deki bütün zengin ve güçlü adamlardan adam başına elli şikel gümüş topladı. Bunun üzerine Asur kralı geri döndü ve ülkede kalmadı.

²¹Manaem'in yaptığı diğer işler ve tüm yaptıkları, İsrail krallarının günlük kayıtlar kitabında yazılı değil midir?

²²Manaem ölüp atalarına kavuştu ve yerine oğlu Phakesias kral oldu.

²³Yahuda Kralı Azarias'ın ellinci yılında, Manaem oğlu Phakesias, Samiriye'de İsrail üzerinde iki yıl krallık yaptı.

²⁴Rab'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı; İsrail'i günaha sürükleyen Nabat oğlu Yeroboam'ın günahlarından uzaklaşmadı.

²⁵Yaveri, Romelios oğlu Phakee, ona karşı komplo kurdu; Argob, Aria ve yanındaki dört yüz kişiden elli adamla birlikte onu Samiriye'de, kraliyet sarayında vurup öldürdü ve yerine kral oldu.

²⁶Phakesias'ın yaptığı diğer işler ve tüm yaptıkları, işte İsrail krallarının günlük kayıtlar kitabında yazılıdır.

²⁷Yahuda Kralı Azarias'ın elli ikinci yılında, Romelios oğlu Phakee, Samiriye'de İsrail üzerinde yirmi yıl krallık yaptı.

²⁸Rab'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı; İsrail'i günaha sürükleyen Nabat oğlu Yeroboam'ın günahlarının hiçbirinden uzaklaşmadı.

²⁹İsrail Kralı Phakee'nin günlerinde Asur Kralı Thaglathphellasar gelip Ain'i, Abelbaithamaacha'yı, Anioch'u, Kenez'i, Asor'u, Galaad'ı, Celile'yi ve bütün Neftali ülkesini ele geçirdi ve halkı Asur'a sürgün etti.

³⁰Ela oğlu Osee, Romelios oğlu Phakee'ye karşı bir komplo kurdu; Azarias oğlu Ioatham'ın yirminci yılında onu vurup öldürdü ve yerine kral oldu.

³¹Phakee'nin yaptığı diğer işler ve tüm yaptıkları, işte İsrail krallarının günlük kayıtlar kitabında yazılıdır.

³²İsrail Kralı Romelios oğlu Phakee'nin ikinci yılında, Yahuda Kralı Azarias oğlu Ioatham kral oldu.

³³Tahta çıktığında yirmi beş yaşındaydı ve Yeruşalim'de on altı yıl krallık yaptı; annesinin adı Sadok kızı Ierousa idi.

³⁴Babası Azarias'ın yapmış olduğu her şey gibi, o da Rab'bin gözünde doğru olanı yaptı.

³⁵Ancak yüksek yerleri ortadan kaldırmadı; halk hâlâ yüksek yerlerde kurban sunmaya ve buhur yakmaya devam ediyordu. Rab'bin tapınağının Yukarı Kapısı'nı o inşa etti.

³⁶Ioatham'ın yaptığı diğer işler ve tüm yaptıkları, Yahuda krallarının günlük kayıtlar kitabında yazılı değil midir?

³⁷O günlerde Rab, Yahuda'nın üzerine Suriye Kralı Raasson'u ve Romelios oğlu Phakee'yi göndermeye başladı.

³⁸Ioatham ölüp atalarına kavuştu ve babası Davut'un kentinde atalarının yanına gömüldü; yerine oğlu Achaz kral oldu.

¹ΕΝ ἔτει εἰκοστῷ καὶ ἑβδόμῳ τῷ ῾Ιεροβοὰμ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Αζαρίας υἱὸς ᾿Αμεσσίου βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα.

²υἱὸς ἑκκαίδεκα ἐτῶν ἦν ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν καὶ πεντηκονταδύο ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ ῾Ιεχελία ἐξ ῾Ιερουσαλήμ.

³καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν ᾿Αμεσσίας ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ·

⁴πλὴν τῶν ὑψηλῶν οὐκ ἐξῇρεν, ἔτι ὁ λαὸς ἐθυσίαζε καὶ ἐθυμίων ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς,

⁵καὶ ἥψατο Κύριος τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ ἦν λελεπρωμένος ἕως ἡμέρας θανάτου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν οἴκῳ ἀφφουσώθ, καὶ ᾿Ιωάθαμ υἱὸς τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπὶ τῷ οἴκῳ κρίνων τὸν λαὸν τῆς γῆς.

⁶καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Αζαρίου, καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ιούδα;

⁷καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ᾿Αζαρίας μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει Δαυίδ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωάθαμ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

⁸᾿Εν ἔτει τριακοστῷ καὶ ὀγδόῳ τῷ ᾿Αζαρίου βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιούδα ἐβασίλευσε Ζαχαρίας υἱὸς ῾Ιεροβοὰμ ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ἑξάμηνον.

⁹καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου, καθὰ ἐποίησαν οἱ πατέρες αὐτοῦ· οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβάτ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹⁰καὶ συνεστράφησαν ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν Σελλοὺμ υἱὸς ᾿Ιαβὶς καὶ Κεβλαὰμ καὶ ἐπάταξαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐθανάτωσαν αὐτόν, καὶ Σελλοὺμ ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

¹¹καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ζαχαρίου ἰδού εἰσι γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹²ὁ λόγος Κυρίου, ὃν ἐλάλησε πρὸς ᾿Ιοὺ λέγων· υἱοὶ τέταρτοι καθήσονταί σοι ἐπὶ θρόνου ᾿Ισραήλ· καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως.

¹³Καὶ Σελλοὺμ υἱὸς ᾿Ιαβὶς ἐβασίλευσε· καὶ ἐν ἔτει τριακοστῷ καὶ ἐνάτῳ ᾿Αζαρίᾳ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιούδα ἐβασίλευσε Σελλοὺμ μῆνα ἡμερῶν ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ.

¹⁴καὶ ἀνέβη Μαναὴμ υἱὸς Γαδδὶ ἐκ Θαρσιλὰ καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Σαμάρειαν καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν Σελλοὺμ υἱὸν ᾿Ιαβὶς ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ καὶ ἐθανάτωσεν αὐτόν.

¹⁵καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Σελλοὺμ καὶ ἡ συστροφὴ αὐτοῦ, ἣν συνεστράφη, ἰδού εἰσι γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹⁶τότε ἐπάταξε Μαναὴμ τὴν Θερσὰ καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ τὰ ὅρια αὐτῆς ἀπὸ Θερσά, ὅτι οὐκ ἤνοιξαν αὐτῷ· καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὴν καὶ τὰς ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσας ἀνέρρηξεν.

¹⁷᾿Εν ἔτει τριακοστῷ καὶ ἐνάτῳ τῷ ᾿Αζαρίᾳ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιούδα ἐβασίλευσε Μαναὴμ υἱὸς Γαδδὶ ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ δέκα ἔτη.

¹⁸καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου· οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ πασῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβάτ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹⁹ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἀνέβη Φοὺλ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ Μαναὴμ ἔδωκε τῷ Φοὺλ χίλια τάλαντα ἀργυρίου εἶναι τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

²⁰καὶ ἐξήνεγκε Μαναὴμ τὸ ἀργύριον ἐπὶ τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ, ἐπὶ πᾶν δυνατὸν ἰσχύϊ, δοῦναι τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν ᾿Ασσυρίων, πεντήκοντα σίκλους τῷ ἀνδρὶ τῷ ἑνί· καὶ ἀπέστρεψε βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων καὶ οὐκ ἔστη ἐκεῖ ἐν τῇ γῇ.

²¹καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Μαναὴμ καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ισραήλ;

²²καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Μαναὴμ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσε Φακεσίας υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

²³᾿Εν ἔτει πεντηκοστῷ τοῦ ᾿Αζαρίου βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιούδα ἐβασίλευσε Φακεσίας υἱὸς Μαναὴμ ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ δύο ἔτη.

²⁴καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου· οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ ἁμαρτιῶν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβάτ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ.

²⁵καὶ συνεστράφη ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν Φακεὲ υἱὸς Ῥομελίου ὁ τριστάτης αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ἐναντίον οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως μετὰ τοͺ ᾿Αργόβ καὶ μετὰ τοῦ ᾿Αρία, καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ πεντήκοντα ἄνδρες ἀπὸ τῶν τετρακοσίων· καὶ ἐθανάτωσεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

²⁶καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Φακεσίου καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, ἰδού εἰσι γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ισραήλ.

²⁷᾿Εν ἔτει πεντηκοστῷ καὶ δευτέρῳ τοῦ ᾿Αζαρίου βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιούδα ἐβασίλευσε Φακεὲ υἱὸς Ῥομελίου ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ εἴκοσιν ἔτη.

²⁸καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου· οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ πασῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβάτ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ.

²⁹ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Φακεὲ βασιλέως ᾿Ισραὴλ ἦλθε Θαγλαθφελλασὰρ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων καὶ ἔλαβε τὴν Αἲν καὶ τὴν ᾿Αβελβαιθαμααχὰ καὶ τὴν ᾿Ανιὼχ καὶ τὴν Κενὲζ καὶ τὴν ᾿Ασὼρ καὶ τὴν Γαλαὰδ καὶ τὴν Γαλιλαίαν, πᾶσαν γῆν Νεφθαλί, καὶ ἀπῴκισεν αὐτοὺς εἰς ᾿Ασσυρίους.

³⁰καὶ συνέστρεψε σύστρεμμα ῾Ωσηὲ υἱὸς ᾿Ηλὰ ἐπὶ Φακεὲ υἱὸν Ῥομελίου καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐθανάτωσε καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐν ἔτει εἰκοστῷ ᾿Ιωάθαμ υἱοῦ ᾿Αζαρίου.

³¹καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Φακεὲ καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ισραήλ.

³²᾿Εν ἔτει δευτέρῳ Φακεὲ υἱοῦ Ῥομελίου βασιλεῖ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωάθαμ υἱὸς ᾿Αζαρίου βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα.

³³υἱὸς εἴκοσι καὶ πέντε ἐτῶν ἦν ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν καὶ ἑκκαίδεκα ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ ῾Ιερουσὰ θυγάτηρ Σαδώκ.

³⁴καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν ᾿Αζαρίας ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ·

³⁵πλὴν τὰ ὑψηλὰ οὐκ ἐξῇρεν, ἔτι ὁ λαὸς ἐθυσίαζε καὶ ἐθυμία ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς. αὐτὸ ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν πύλην οἴκου Κυρίου τὴν ἐπάνω.

³⁶καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Ιωάθαμ καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ιούδα;

³⁷ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἤρξατο Κύριος ἐξαποστέλλειν ἐν ᾿Ιούδᾳ τὸν Ῥαασσὼν βασιλέα Συρίας, καὶ τὸν Φακεὲ υἱὸν Ῥομελίου.

³⁸καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ᾿Ιωάθαμ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐτάφη μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ῎Αχαζ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

¹In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel Azarias the son of Amessias king of Juda began to reign.

²Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jechelia of Jerusalem.

³And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all things that Amessias his father did.

⁴Only he took not away [any] of the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.

⁵And the Lord plagued the king, and he was leprous till the day of his death; and he reigned in a separate house. And Joatham the king’s son [was] over the household, judging the people of the land.

⁶And the rest of the acts of Azarias, and all that he did, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

⁷And Azarias slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Joatham his son reigned in his stead.

⁸In the thirty and eighth year of Azarias king of Juda Zacharias the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in Samaria six months.

⁹And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.

¹⁰And Sellum the son of Jabis [and others] conspired against him, and they smote him [in] Keblaam, and slew him, and he reigned in his stead.

¹¹And the rest of the acts of Zacharias, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

¹²[This was] the word of the Lord which he spoke to Ju, saying, Thy sons of the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel: and it was so.

¹³And Sellum the son of Jabis reigned: and in the thirty and ninth year of Azarias king of Juda began Sellum to reign a full month in Samaria.

¹⁴And Manaem the son of Gaddi went up out of Tharsila, and came to Samaria, and smote Sellum the son of Jabis in Samaria, and slew him.

¹⁵And the rest of the acts of Sellum, and his conspiracy wherein he was engaged, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

¹⁶Then Manaem smote both Thersa and all that was in it, and its borders extending beyond Thersa, because they opened not to him: and he smote it, and ripped up the women with child.

¹⁷In the thirty and ninth year of Azarias king of Juda began Manaem the son of Gaddi to reign over Israel in Samaria ten years.

¹⁸And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin.

¹⁹In his days went up Phua king of the Assyrians against the land: and Manaem gave to Phua a thousand talents of silver to aid him with his power.

²⁰And Manaem raised the silver [by a tax] upon Israel, even on every mighty man in wealth, to give to the king of the Assyrians, fifty shekels [levied] on each man; and the king of the Assyrians departed, and remained not there in the land.

²¹And the rest of the acts of Manaem, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

²²And Manaem slept with his fathers; and Phakesias his son reigned in his stead.

²³In the fiftieth year of Azarias king of Juda, began Phakesias the son of Manaem to reign over Israel in Samaria two years.

²⁴And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.

²⁵And Phakee the son of Romelias, his officer, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria in the front of the king’s house, with Argob and Aria, and with him [there were] fifty men of the four hundred: and he slew him, and reigned in his stead.

²⁶And the rest of the acts of Phakesias, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

²⁷In the fifty-second year of Azarias king of Juda began Phakee the son of Romelias to reign over Israel in Samaria twenty years.

²⁸And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin.

²⁹In the days of Phakee king of Israel came Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians, and took Ain, and Abel, and Thamaacha, and Anioch, and Kenez, and Asor, and Galaa, and Galilee, [even] all the land of Nephthali, and carried them away to the Assyrians.

³⁰And Osee son of Ela formed a conspiracy against Phakee the son of Romelias, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Joatham the son of Azarias.

³¹And the rest of the acts of Phakee, and all that he did, behold, these [are] written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

³²In the second year of Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel began Joatham the son of Azarias king of Juda to reign.

³³Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name [was] Jerusa daughter of Sadoc.

³⁴And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all things that his father Azarias did.

³⁵Nevertheless he took not away the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the Lord’s house.

³⁶And the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all that he did, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

³⁷In those days the Lord began to send forth against Juda Raasson king of Syria, and Phakee son of Romelias.

³⁸And Joatham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the cit of David his father: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.