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And he did that which was pleasing before the Lord, according to all that his father, Amasias, had done.
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But the high places he did not destroy, for the people sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places.
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And the Lord struck the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelt in a free house apart: but Joatham, the king’s son, governed the palace, and judged the people of the land.
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And the rest of the acts of Azarias, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?
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And Azarias slept with his fathers: and they buried him with his ancestors in the city of David, and Joatham, his son, reigned in his stead.
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In the eight and thirtieth year of Azarias, king of Juda, reigned Zacharias, son of Jeroboam, over Israel, in Samaria, six months:
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And he did that which is evil before the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.
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And Sellum, the son of Jabes, conspired against him: and struck him publicly, and killed him, and reigned in his place.
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Now the rest of the acts of Zacharias, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
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This was the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Jehu, saying: Thy children, to the fourth generation, shall sit upon the throne of Israel. And so it came to pass.
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Sellum, the son of Jabes, began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Azarias, king of Juda: and reigned one month in Samaria.