2 Kings 15:2-12

2 He was ¹sixteen * years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

3 He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

4 Only ²the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

5 ³The LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death. And he ⁴lived in a separate house, while Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.

6 Now 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?

7 And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son became king in his place.

Zechariah over Israel

8 ⁵In the thirty-eighth * year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria for six months.

9 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin.

10 Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and ⁶struck him before the people and killed him, and reigned in his place.

11 Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold they are written in the Book of the Chronicles * of the Kings of Israel.

12 This is ⁷the word of the LORD which He spoke to Jehu, saying, "Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel." And so it was.

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2 Kings 15:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 15

This chapter begins with the reign of Azariah king of Judah, 2Ki 15:1-7, and then gives a short account of the several kings of Israel, to the last of them; of Zachariah, 2Ki 15:8-12, of Shallum, 2Ki 15:13,14,15 of Menahem, 2Ki 15:16-22 of Pekahiah, 2Ki 15:23-26, of Pekah, succeeded by Hoshea, the last of them, 2Ki 15:27-31, and is included with the reign of Jotham king of Judah, 2Ki 15:32-38.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 7

1. 2 Chronicles 26:3, 4
2. 2 Kings 12:3
3. 2 Chronicles 26:21-23
4. Leviticus 13:46; Numbers 12:14
5. 2 Kings 15:1
6. Amos 7:9
7. 2 Kings 10:30

Footnotes 3

[a]. In 2 Chr 26:3, "Jechiliah"
[b]. Lit "and"
[c]. Lit "smote"