1 Ἐν ἔτει εἰκοστῷ καὶ ἑβδόμῳ τῷ Ἱεροβοὰμ βασιλεῖ Ἰσραὴλ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀζαρίας υἱὸς Ἀμεσσίου βασιλέως Ἰούδα. 2 Υἱὸς ἑκκαίδεκα ἐτῶν ἦν ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν, καὶ πεντηκονταδύο ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ Ἱεχελία ἐξ Ἱερουσαλήμ. 3 Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου, κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν Ἀμεσσίας ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ. 4 Πλὴν τῶν ὑψηλῶν οὐκ ἐξῇρεν, ἔτι ὁ λαὸς ἐθυσίαζε καὶ ἐθυμίων ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς. 5 Καὶ ἥψατο Κύριος τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ ἦν λελεπρωμένος ἕως ἡμέρας θανάτου αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν οἴκῳ ἀφφουσώθ· καὶ Ἰωάθαμ υἱὸς τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπὶ τῷ οἴκῳ κρίνων τὸν λαὸν τῆς γῆς. 6 Καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ἀζαρίου καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Ἰούδα; 7 Καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Ἀζαρίας μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἰωάθαν υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ. 8 Ἐν ἔτει τριακοστῷ καὶ ὀγδόῳ τῷ Ἀζαρίου βασιλεῖ Ἰούδα ἐβασίλευσε Ζαχαρίας υἱὸς Ἰεροβοὰμ ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ἑξάμηνον. 9 Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου καθὰ ἐποίησαν οἱ πατέρες αὐτοῦ· οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν Ἰεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβὰτ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν Ἰσραήλ. 10 Καὶ συνεστράφησαν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν Σελλοὺμ υἱὸς Ἰαβίς· καὶ ἐπάταξαν αὐτὸν Κεβλαὰμ καὶ ἐθανάτωσαν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ. 11 Καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ζαχαρίου, ἰδού εἰσι γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Ἰσραήλ. 12 Ὁ λόγος Κυρίου ὃν ἐλάλησε πρὸς Ἰοὺ, λέγων, υἱοὶ τέταρτοι καθήσονταί σοι ἐπὶ θρόνου Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως. 13 Καὶ Σελλοὺμ υἱὸς Ἰαβὶς ἐβασίλευσε· καὶ ἐν ἔτει τριακοστῷ καὶ ἐννάτῳ Ἀζαρίᾳ βασιλεῖ Ἰούδα ἐβασίλευσε Σελλοὺμ μῆνα ἡμερῶν ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ. 14 Καὶ ἀνέβη Μαναὴμ υἱὸς Γαδδὶ ἐκ Θαρσιλὰ, καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Σαμάρειαν, καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν Σελλοὺμ υἱὸν Ἰαβὶς ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ, καὶ ἐθανάτωσεν αὐτόν. 15 Καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Σελλοὺμ, καὶ ἡ συστροφὴ αὐτοῦ ᾗ συνεστράφη, ἰδού εἰσι γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Ἰσραήλ. 16 Τότε ἐπάταξε Μαναὴμ καὶ τὴν Θερσὰ καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ τὰ ὅρια αὐτῆς ἀπὸ Θερσὰ, ὅτι οὐκ ἤνοιξαν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὴν, καὶ τὰς ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσας ἀνέῤῥηξεν. 17 Ἐν ἔτει τριακοστῷ καὶ ἐννάτῳ τῷ Ἀζαρίᾳ βασιλεῖ Ἰούδα ἐβασίλευσε Μαναὴμ υἱὸς Γαδδὶ ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ δέκα ἔτη. 18 Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου, οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ πασῶν ἁμαρτιῶν Ἱεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβὰτ ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν Ἰσραήλ. 19 Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἀνέβη Φονὰ βασιλεὺς Ἀσσυρίων ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ Μαναὴμ ἔδωκε τῷ Φουὰ χίλια τάλαντα ἀργυρίου εἶναι τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ μετʼ αὐτοῦ. 20 Καὶ ἐξήνεγκε Μαναὴμ τὸ ἀργύριον ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ πᾶν δυνατὸν ἰσχύϊ, δοῦναι τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν Ἀσσυρίων, πεντήκοντα σίκλους τῷ ἀνδρὶ τῷ ἑνί· καὶ ἀπέστρεψε βασιλεὺς Ἀσσυρίων, καὶ οὐκ ἔστη ἐκεῖ ἐν τῇ γῇ. 21 Καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Μαναὴμ καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Ἰσραήλ; 22 Καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Μαναὴμ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσε Φακεσίας υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ. 23 Ἐν ἔτει πεντηκοστῷ τοῦ Ἀζαρίου βασιλεῖ Ἰούδα ἐβασίλευσε Φακεσίας υἱὸς Μαναὴμ ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ δύο ἔτη. 24 Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου, οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ ἁμαρτιῶν Ἰεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβὰτ ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν Ἰσραήλ. 25 Καὶ συνεστράφη ἐπʼ αὐτὸν Φακεὲ υἱὸς Ῥομελίου ὁ τριστάτης αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ἐναντίον οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως μετὰ τοῦ Ἀργὸβ καὶ μετὰ τοῦ Ἀρία, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ πεντήκοντα ἄνδρες ἀπὸ τῶν τετρακοσίων· καὶ ἐθανάτωσε αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ. 26 Καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Φακεσίου καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν, ἰδού εἰσι γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Ἰσραήλ. 27 Ἐν ἔτει πεντηκοστῷ καὶ δευτέρῳ τοῦ Ἀζαρίου βασιλεῖ Ἰούδα ἐβασίλευσε Φακεὲ υἱὸς Ῥομελίου ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ εἴκοσι ἔτη. 28 Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου, οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ πασῶν ἁμαρτιῶν Ἰεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβὰτ ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν Ἰσραήλ. 29 Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Φακεὲ βασιλέως Ἰσραὴλ ἦλθε Θαλγαθφελλασὰρ βασιλεὺς Ἀσσυρίων, καὶ ἔλαβε τὴν Αἲν καὶ τὴν Ἀβὲλ καὶ τὴν Θαμααχὰ καὶ τὴν Ἀνιὼχ καὶ τὴν Κενὲζ καὶ τὴν Ἀσὼρ καὶ τὴν Γαλαὰν καὶ τὴν Γαλιλαίαν, πᾶσαν γῆν Νεφθαλὶ, καὶ ἀπῳκισεν αὐτοὺς εἰς Ἀσσυρίους. 30 Καὶ συνέστρεψε σύστρεμμα Ὠσηὲ υἱὸς Ἠλὰ ἐπὶ Φακεὲ υἱὸν Ῥομελίου, καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐθανάτωσε, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ, ἐν ἔτει εἰκοστῷ Ἰωάθαμ υἱοῦ Ἀζαρίου. 31 Καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Φακεὲ καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν, ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Ἰσραήλ. 32 Ἐν ἔτει δευτέρῳ Φακεὲ υἱοῦ Ῥομελίου βασιλεῖ Ἰσραὴλ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἰωάθαμ υἱὸς Ἀζαρίου βασιλέως Ἰούδα. 33 Υἱὸς εἴκοσι καὶ πέντε ἐτῶν ἦν ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐκκαίδεκα ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Ἰερουσὰ θυγάτηρ Σαδώκ. 34 Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου, κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν Ἀζαρίας ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ. 35 Πλὴν τὰ ὑψηλὰ οὐκ ἐξῇρεν, ἔτι ὁ λαὸς ἐθυσίαζε καὶ ἐθυμία ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς· αὐτὸς ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν πύλην οἴκου Κυρίου τὴν ἐπάνω. 36 Καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ἰωάθαμ καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Ἰούδα; 37 Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἤρξατο Κύριος ἐξαποστέλλειν ἐν Ἰούδᾳ τὸν Ῥαασσὼν βασιλέα Συρίας, καὶ τὸν Φακεὲ υἱὸν Ῥομελίου. 38 Καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Ἰωάθαμ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐτάφη μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἄχαζ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ.
2 Kings · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
2 Kings 15 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
People & places in this chapter
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Argob
Named with Arieh and fifty men of Gilead in the account of Pekah's conspiracy against King Pekahiah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:25
Arieh
Named with Argob and fifty men of Gilead in the account of Pekah's conspiracy against King Pekahiah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:25
Elah
Named as the father of Hoshea, the last king of Israel.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:30; 2 Kings 17:1; 2 Kings 18:1
Gadi
Named as the father of Menahem, king of Israel.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:14; 2 Kings 15:17
Hoshea
Son of Elah, who conspired against and killed Pekah, reigned nine years in Samaria, became Shalmaneser's vassal, was imprisoned for conspiring with So of Egypt, and in his ninth…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:30; 2 Kings 17:1; 2 Kings 17:3
Jabesh
Named as the father of Shallum, who briefly reigned over Israel.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:10; 2 Kings 15:13; 2 Kings 15:14
Jecoliah
A woman of Jerusalem named as the mother of King Azariah of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:2; 2 Chronicles 26:3
Jerusha
Daughter of Zadok and mother of King Jotham of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:33; 2 Chronicles 27:1
Jotham
A steady, God-fearing king who grew strong by ordering his ways before the LORD.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:32-38; 2 Chron. 27; Matt. 1:9
Menahem
Son of Gadi, who went up from Tirzah and killed Shallum, reigned ten years in Samaria, and gave Pul king of Assyria a thousand talents of silver collected from Israel's wealthy…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:14; 2 Kings 15:17; 2 Kings 15:19
Pekah
Son of Remaliah and Pekahiah's officer, who killed Pekahiah, reigned twenty years in Samaria, joined Rezin in attacking Jerusalem, lost Galilee to Tiglath-pileser, and was killed…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:25; 2 Kings 15:27; 2 Kings 15:29
Pekahiah
Menahem's son, who reigned two years in Samaria and was struck down in the king's palace by his officer Pekah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:22; 2 Kings 15:23; 2 Kings 15:25
Remaliah
Named as the father of Pekah, king of Israel.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:25; 2 Kings 15:27; 2 Kings 16:5
Rezin
King of Aram who with Pekah of Israel besieged Ahaz in Jerusalem, recovered Elath, and was put to death when Tiglath-pileser captured Damascus.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:37; 2 Kings 16:5; 2 Kings 16:6
Shallum
Son of Jabesh, who conspired against Zechariah, reigned one full month in Samaria, and was struck down by Menahem.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:10; 2 Kings 15:13; 2 Kings 15:14
Tiglath-pileser
King of Assyria who captured Ijon, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead and Galilee in Pekah's days, deporting the people, and whom Ahaz paid to attack Aram and Israel. 1 Chronicles 5:26…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 16:7
Uzziah
A strong, mostly faithful king whose pride in the temple brought him leprosy.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chron. 26; Isa. 6:1; Matt. 1:8-9
Zadok
Named as the father of Jerusha, the mother of King Jotham.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:33; 2 Chronicles 27:1
Zechariah
Jeroboam's son, who reigned six months in Samaria and was struck down by Shallum son of Jabesh, fulfilling the word that four generations of Jehu's sons would sit on Israel's…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 14:29; 2 Kings 15:8; 2 Kings 15:10
Cross references (32)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Chronicles 26:1; 2 Kings 14:21; 2 Kings 15:13; 2 Chronicles 26:3–4; 2 Kings 14:16–17
- 2 2 Chronicles 26:3–4
- 3 2 Kings 12:2–3; 2 Kings 14:3–4; 2 Chronicles 26:4
- 4 2 Kings 14:4; 1 Kings 22:43; 2 Chronicles 34:3; 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Chronicles 32:12
- 5 Leviticus 13:46; Numbers 12:14; Numbers 12:10; Deuteronomy 24:8; 1 Kings 3:28
- 6 2 Kings 14:18; 2 Chronicles 26:5–15
- 7 2 Chronicles 26:23; Isaiah 6:1
- 8 2 Kings 14:16–17; 2 Kings 14:29–15:1; 2 Kings 14:21
- 9 2 Kings 10:29; 2 Kings 14:24; 2 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 13:11; 2 Kings 10:31
- 10 2 Kings 9:31; Amos 7:9; Hosea 1:4–5; 2 Kings 15:14; 2 Kings 15:30
- 11 2 Kings 14:28
- 12 2 Kings 10:30; Mark 13:31; 2 Kings 9:25–26; 2 Kings 13:13; John 19:36–37
- 13 2 Kings 15:1; 1 Kings 16:15; 1 Kings 16:24; Job 20:15; Proverbs 28:17
- 14 1 Kings 14:17; 1 Kings 16:15; 1 Kings 16:17; 1 Kings 15:33; 1 Kings 15:21
- 15 2 Kings 15:11; 1 Kings 14:29; 1 Kings 14:19; 1 Kings 22:39
- 16 2 Kings 8:12; 1 Kings 4:24; Hosea 13:16; Amos 1:13
- 19 2 Kings 14:5; 2 Kings 18:16; 1 Chronicles 5:25–26; 2 Kings 17:3–4; Jeremiah 17:5
- 20 2 Kings 23:35; 2 Kings 17:3–4; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 18:14–17; 2 Samuel 19:32
- 23 2 Kings 21:19; 1 Kings 22:51; 1 Kings 16:8; Job 20:5; 1 Kings 15:25
- 24 2 Kings 15:9; 2 Kings 15:18
- 25 2 Chronicles 28:6; 2 Kings 15:27; 2 Kings 9:14; 2 Kings 15:10; 2 Kings 9:5
- 27 2 Kings 15:23; Isaiah 7:4; Isaiah 7:1; 2 Kings 15:8; Isaiah 7:9
- 28 2 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 21:2; 2 Kings 13:6; 2 Kings 15:18; 2 Kings 15:9
- 29 1 Chronicles 5:26; 2 Kings 17:6; 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 16:7; Joshua 20:7
- 30 2 Kings 17:1; Hosea 10:3; 2 Kings 15:25; Isaiah 8:6; 2 Chronicles 28:16
- 32 2 Kings 15:7; 1 Chronicles 3:12; 2 Kings 15:1; Matthew 1:9; 2 Kings 15:23
- 33 2 Chronicles 27:1
- 34 2 Chronicles 26:4–5; 2 Kings 15:3–4; 2 Chronicles 27:2
- 35 2 Chronicles 23:20; 2 Kings 12:3; 2 Chronicles 27:3–9; 2 Kings 15:4; 2 Chronicles 32:12
- 36 2 Chronicles 27:4–9; 2 Kings 15:6–7
- 37 Isaiah 7:1; 2 Kings 16:5; Jeremiah 43:10; Jeremiah 25:29; Isaiah 7:8
- 38 1 Chronicles 3:13; 1 Kings 1:2; 1 Kings 14:20; 2 Kings 16:1; 2 Chronicles 28:1
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9, LXX.), but the inhabitants were termed not "Samaritans" but "Israelites." But as time went on, they offended God, and in the reign of Pekah, Tiglath-Pileser came up, and took many cities, and set upon Elah, and having slain him, gave the kingdom to Hoshea. ( 2 Kings xv.
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