II Kings 15

מלכים ב׳ פרק ט״ו

Section: נביאים · נביאים ראשונים | Book: II Kings | Chapter: 15 of 25 | Day: 137 of 742

Date: June 28, 2026

קלאוד על הנ״ך

Chapter 15 is one of the most chronologically dense and politically turbulent chapters in the book of Kings, spanning the long, stable reigns of two righteous Judahite kings — Azariah (Uzziah) and his son Jotham — against the backdrop of a Northern Kingdom collapsing into anarchy. In the space of these thirty-eight verses, no fewer than five kings of Israel rise and fall (Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah), four of them by assassination, as the house of Jehu is extinguished and the throne becomes the prize of repeated military coups. The contrast is the chapter’s organizing theme: Judah’s Davidic continuity, however imperfect, against Israel’s violent instability, which sets the stage for the Assyrian deportations that begin here and will culminate in Samaria’s destruction.

The chapter opens with Azariah/Uzziah, whose fifty-two-year reign was the longest in Judah’s history but is recorded here in remarkably few verses, since Kings reserves the dramatic episode for elsewhere. The text states only that God struck him with leprosy (tzaraat) until his death, so that he lived in “isolated quarters” (beit ha-chofshit) while his son Jotham governed (verse 5). Rashi and Radak fill in from Chronicles the cause the commentators all stress: Uzziah entered the Sanctuary to burn incense, usurping the priestly role, and was stricken on the spot. The commentators mine the phrase beit ha-chofshit (“house of freedom”) richly — Radak, citing the Sages in Horayot, explains that kingship is itself a form of servitude (bearing the people’s burdens and judging their cases), so that the leprous king, removed from office, became “free”; alternatively (per the Yerushalmi) the house stood in a cemetery, since a metzora is reckoned as among the dead, “free among the dead” (Psalms 88).

The bulk of the chapter is given over to the Northern Kingdom’s disintegration, and the commentators — especially Rashi and Radak — labor mightily over its tangled chronology, particularly the famous problem of verses 1 and 8, where Azariah’s accession is dated to Jeroboam’s twenty-seventh year. Rashi resolves it by reading “he reigned a plagued kingship” — the twenty-seventh year marks not Azariah’s accession but the year he was stricken with leprosy and his “diminished” reign began. The dynasty of Jehu reaches its prophesied end with Zechariah, the fourth generation, who reigns only six months before Shallum assassinates him “before the people” (verse 10); the narrator pauses to note that this fulfilled God’s word to Jehu that four generations would sit on Israel’s throne (verse 12). Shallum lasts a single month before Menahem kills him and seizes power, then brutally sacks Tiphsah, ripping open its pregnant women for refusing to surrender (verse 16) — a measure of how far Israelite kingship has fallen.

The chapter’s gravest historical turn is the entry of Assyria. Menahem buys off King Pul (Tiglath-pileser) with a thousand talents of silver, exacted at fifty shekels a head from the men of means (verses 19-20) — the first time Israel pays tribute to the empire that will eventually destroy it. After Menahem’s son Pekahiah is murdered by his officer Pekah (verse 25), Pekah’s twenty-year reign sees the first great deportation: Tiglath-pileser captures Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and “the entire region of Naphtali,” exiling its inhabitants to Assyria (verse 29) — the beginning of the end for the ten tribes. Pekah himself is then killed by Hoshea son of Elah, the last king of Israel. The chapter closes by returning to Judah and Jotham son of Uzziah, who “did what was pleasing to God” and built the Upper Gate of the Temple, but in whose final days “God began to incite Rezin of Aram and Pekah against Judah” (verse 37) — the Syro-Ephraimite threat that will dominate the reign of his wicked son Ahaz in the next chapter. A telling detail the commentators note (verse 30): Hoshea’s accession is dated to Jotham’s twentieth year even though Jotham reigned only sixteen, because Scripture preferred to reckon by the righteous Jotham “in the grave” rather than by his wicked living son Ahaz.

פרק ט״ו · Chapter 15

פסוק א׳ · Verse 1

Hebrew:

בִּשְׁנַ֨ת עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָשֶׁ֙בַע֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לְיָרׇבְעָ֖ם מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מָלַ֛ךְ עֲזַרְיָ֥ה בֶן־אֲמַצְיָ֖ה מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃

English:

In the twenty-seventh year of King Jeroboam of Israel, Azariah son of King Amaziah of Judah became king.

פסוק ב׳ · Verse 2

Hebrew:

בֶּן־שֵׁ֨שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ הָיָ֣ה בְמׇלְכ֔וֹ וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤ים וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ יְכׇלְיָ֖הוּ מִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

English:

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

פסוק ג׳ · Verse 3

Hebrew:

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֖ה אֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ אָבִֽיו׃

English:

He did what was pleasing to GOD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

פסוק ד׳ · Verse 4

Hebrew:

רַ֥ק הַבָּמ֖וֹת לֹא־סָ֑רוּ ע֥וֹד הָעָ֛ם מְזַבְּחִ֥ים וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃

English:

However, the shrines were not removed; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings at the shrines.

פסוק ה׳ · Verse 5

Hebrew:

וַיְנַגַּ֨ע יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶת־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וַיְהִ֤י מְצֹרָע֙ עַד־י֣וֹם מֹת֔וֹ וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּבֵ֣ית הַחׇפְשִׁ֑ית וְיוֹתָ֤ם בֶּן־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ עַל־הַבַּ֔יִת שֹׁפֵ֖ט אֶת־עַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃

English:

GOD struck the king with a plague, and he was a leper until the day of his death; he lived in isolated quarters,ain isolated quarters Meaning of Heb. uncertain. while Jotham, the king’s son, was in charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

פסוק ו׳ · Verse 6

Hebrew:

וְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י עֲזַרְיָ֖הוּ וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

English:

The other events of Azariah’s reign, and all his actions, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

פסוק ז׳ · Verse 7

Hebrew:

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב עֲזַרְיָה֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֖יו בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ יוֹתָ֥ם בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ {פ}

English:

Azariah rested with his ancestors, and he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David; his son Jotham succeeded him as king.

פסוק ח׳ · Verse 8

Hebrew:

בִּשְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּשְׁמֹנֶה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לַעֲזַרְיָ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָ֠לַ֠ךְ זְכַרְיָ֨הוּ בֶן־יָרׇבְעָ֧ם עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹן שִׁשָּׁ֥ה חֳדָשִֽׁים׃

English:

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

פסוק ט׳ · Verse 9

Hebrew:

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ הָרַע֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשׂ֖וּ אֲבֹתָ֑יו לֹ֣א סָ֗ר מֵֽחַטֹּאות֙ יָרׇבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־נְבָ֔ט אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

English:

He did what was displeasing to GOD, as his predecessors had done; he did not depart from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

פסוק י׳ · Verse 10

Hebrew:

וַיִּקְשֹׁ֤ר עָלָיו֙ שַׁלֻּ֣ם בֶּן־יָבֵ֔שׁ וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ קׇֽבׇל־עָ֖ם וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

English:

Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him down before the peoplebbefore the people Some Septuagint mss. read “at Ibleam.” and killed him, and succeeded him as king.

פסוק י״א · Verse 11

Hebrew:

וְיֶ֖תֶר דִּבְרֵ֣י זְכַרְיָ֑ה הִנָּ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

English:

The other events of Zechariah’s reign are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

פסוק י״ב · Verse 12

Hebrew:

ה֣וּא דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר אֶל־יֵהוּא֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בְּנֵ֣י רְבִיעִ֔ים יֵשְׁב֥וּ לְךָ֖ עַל־כִּסֵּ֣א יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃ {פ}

English:

This was in accord with the word that GOD had spoken to Jehu:cthe word that GOD had spoken to Jehu Cf. 10.30. “Four generations of your descendants shall occupy the throne of Israel.” And so it came about.

פסוק י״ג · Verse 13

Hebrew:

שַׁלּ֤וּם בֶּן־יָבֵישׁ֙ מָלַ֔ךְ בִּשְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לְעֻזִּיָּ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ יֶֽרַח־יָמִ֖ים בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃

English:

Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah of Judah, and he reigned in Samaria one month.

פסוק י״ד · Verse 14

Hebrew:

וַיַּ֩עַל֩ מְנַחֵ֨ם בֶּן־גָּדִ֜י מִתִּרְצָ֗ה וַיָּבֹא֙ שֹׁמְר֔וֹן וַיַּ֛ךְ אֶת־שַׁלּ֥וּם בֶּן־יָבֵ֖ישׁ בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן וַיְמִיתֵ֖הוּ וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

English:

Then Menahem son of Gadi set out from Tirzah and came to Samaria; he attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and killed him, and he succeeded him as king.

פסוק ט״ו · Verse 15

Hebrew:

וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י שַׁלּ֔וּם וְקִשְׁר֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָשָׁ֑ר הִנָּ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

English:

The other events of Shallum’s reign, and the conspiracy that he formed, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

פסוק ט״ז · Verse 16

Hebrew:

אָ֣ז יַכֶּֽה־מְ֠נַחֵ֠ם אֶת־תִּפְסַ֨ח וְאֶת־כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֤הּ וְאֶת־גְּבוּלֶ֙יהָ֙ מִתִּרְצָ֔ה כִּ֛י לֹ֥א פָתַ֖ח וַיַּ֑ךְ אֵ֛ת כׇּל־הֶהָ֥רוֹתֶ֖יהָ בִּקֵּֽעַ׃ {פ}

English:

At that time, [marching] from Tirzah,d[marching] from Tirzah Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Menahem subdued Tiphsah and all who were in it, and its territory; and because it did not surrender, he massacred [its people] and ripped open all its pregnant women.

פסוק י״ז · Verse 17

Hebrew:

בִּשְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לַעֲזַרְיָ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָ֠לַ֠ךְ מְנַחֵ֨ם בֶּן־גָּדִ֧י עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל ע��֥שֶׂר שָׁנִ֖ים בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃

English:

In the thirty-ninth year of King Azariah of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel in Samaria—for ten years.

פסוק י״ח · Verse 18

Hebrew:

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה לֹ֣א סָ֠ר מֵעַ֨ל חַטֹּ֜אות יָרׇבְעָ֧ם בֶּן־נְבָ֛ט אֲשֶׁר־הֶחֱטִ֥יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כׇּל־יָמָֽיו׃

English:

He did what was displeasing to GOD; throughout his days he did not depart from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

פסוק י״ט · Verse 19

Hebrew:

בָּ֣א פ֤וּל מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וַיִּתֵּ֤ן מְנַחֵם֙ לְפ֔וּל אֶ֖לֶף כִּכַּר־כָּ֑סֶף לִהְי֤וֹת יָדָיו֙ אִתּ֔וֹ לְהַחֲזִ֥יק הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה בְּיָדֽוֹ׃

English:

King Pul of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver that he might support him and strengthen his hold on the kingdom.

פסוק כ׳ · Verse 20

Hebrew:

וַיֹּצֵא֩ מְנַחֵ֨ם אֶת־הַכֶּ֜סֶף עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל עַ֚ל כׇּל־גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י הַחַ֔יִל לָתֵת֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר חֲמִשִּׁ֧ים שְׁקָלִ֛ים כֶּ֖סֶף לְאִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֑ד וַיָּ֙שׇׁב֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וְלֹא־עָ֥מַד שָׁ֖ם בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

English:

Menahem exacted the money from Israel: every man of means had to pay fifty shekels of silver for the king of Assyria. The king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.

פסוק כ״א · Verse 21

Hebrew:

וְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י מְנַחֵ֖ם וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה הֲלוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

English:

The other events of Menahem’s reign, and all his actions, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

פסוק כ״ב · Verse 22

Hebrew:

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב מְנַחֵ֖ם עִם־אֲבֹתָ֑יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ פְּקַחְיָ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ {פ}

English:

Menahem rested with his ancestors, and his son Pekahiah succeeded him as king.

פסוק כ״ג · Verse 23

Hebrew:

בִּשְׁנַת֙ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה לַעֲזַרְיָ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָ֠לַ֠ךְ פְּקַֽחְיָ֨ה בֶן־מְנַחֵ֧ם עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹן שְׁנָתָֽיִם׃

English:

In the fiftieth year of King Azariah of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria—for two years.

פסוק כ״ד · Verse 24

Hebrew:

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה לֹ֣א סָ֗ר מֵֽחַטֹּאות֙ יָרׇבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־נְבָ֔ט אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

English:

He did what was displeasing to GOD; he did not depart from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

פסוק כ״ה · Verse 25

Hebrew:

וַיִּקְשֹׁ֣ר עָלָיו֩ פֶּ֨קַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֜הוּ שָׁלִישׁ֗וֹ וַיַּכֵּ֨הוּ בְשֹׁמְר֜וֹן בְּאַרְמ֤וֹן בֵּית־[הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙] (מלך) אֶת־אַרְגֹּ֣ב וְאֶת־הָאַרְיֵ֔ה וְעִמּ֛וֹ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אִ֖ישׁ מִבְּנֵ֣י גִלְעָדִ֑ים וַיְמִתֵ֖הוּ וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

English:

His aide, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him and struck him down in the royal palace in Samaria; with him were fifty Gileadites, with men from Argob and Arieh;ewith men from Argob and Arieh Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and he killed him and succeeded him as king.

פסוק כ״ו · Verse 26

Hebrew:

וְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י פְקַחְיָ֖ה וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה הִנָּ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ {פ}

English:

The other events of Pekahiah’s reign, and all his actions, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

פסוק כ״ז · Verse 27

Hebrew:

בִּשְׁנַ֨ת חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לַעֲזַרְיָ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָ֠לַ֠ךְ פֶּ֣קַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֧הוּ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃

English:

In the fifty-second year of King Azariah of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel and Samaria—for twenty years.

פסוק כ״ח · Verse 28

Hebrew:

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה לֹ֣א סָ֗ר מִן־חַטֹּאות֙ יָרׇבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־נְבָ֔ט אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

English:

He did what was displeasing to GOD; he did not depart from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

פסוק כ״ט · Verse 29

Hebrew:

בִּימֵ֞י פֶּ֣קַח מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל בָּא֮ תִּגְלַ֣ת פִּלְאֶ֘סֶר֮ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁוּר֒ וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֶת־עִיּ֡וֹן וְאֶת־אָבֵ֣ל בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֡ה וְאֶת־יָ֠נ֠וֹחַ וְאֶת־קֶ֨דֶשׁ וְאֶת־חָצ֤וֹר וְאֶת־הַגִּלְעָד֙ וְאֶת־הַגָּלִ֔ילָה כֹּ֖ל אֶ֣רֶץ נַפְתָּלִ֑י וַיַּגְלֵ֖ם אַשּֽׁוּרָה׃

English:

In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor—Gilead, Galilee, the entire region of Naphtali; and he deported the inhabitantsfthe inhabitants Heb. “them.” to Assyria.

פסוק ל׳ · Verse 30

Hebrew:

וַיִּקְשׇׁר־קֶ֜שֶׁר הוֹשֵׁ֣עַ בֶּן־אֵלָ֗ה עַל־פֶּ֙קַח֙ בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֔הוּ וַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙ וַיְמִיתֵ֔הוּ ו��יִּמְלֹ֖ךְ תַּחְתָּ֑יו בִּשְׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים לְיוֹתָ֖ם בֶּן־עֻזִּיָּֽה׃

English:

Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah, attacked him, and killed him. He succeeded him as king in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.

פסוק ל״א · Verse 31

Hebrew:

וְיֶ֥תֶר דִּבְרֵי־פֶ֖קַח וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה הִנָּ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ {פ}

English:

The other events of Pekah’s reign, and all his actions, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

פסוק ל״ב · Verse 32

Hebrew:

בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שְׁתַּ֔יִם לְפֶ֥קַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מָלַ֛ךְ יוֹתָ֥ם בֶּן־עֻזִּיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃

English:

In the second year of King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel, Jotham son of King Uzziah of Judah became king.

פסוק ל״ג · Verse 33

Hebrew:

בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ הָיָ֣ה בְמׇלְכ֔וֹ וְשֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ יְרוּשָׁ֖א בַּת־צָדֽוֹק׃

English:

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.

פסוק ל״ד · Verse 34

Hebrew:

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה כְּכֹ֧ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֛ה עֻזִּיָּ֥הוּ אָבִ֖יו עָשָֽׂה׃

English:

He did what was pleasing to GOD, just as his father Uzziah had done.

פסוק ל״ה · Verse 35

Hebrew:

רַ֤ק הַבָּמוֹת֙ לֹ֣א סָ֔רוּ ע֗וֹד הָעָ֛ם מְזַבְּחִ֥ים וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים בַּבָּמ֑וֹת ה֗וּא בָּנָ֛ה אֶת־שַׁ֥עַר בֵּית־יְהֹוָ֖ה הָעֶלְיֽוֹן׃

English:

However, the shrines were not removed; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings at the shrines. It was he who built the Upper Gate of the House of GOD.

פסוק ל״ו · Verse 36

Hebrew:

וְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י יוֹתָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

English:

The other events of Jotham’s reign, and all his actions, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

פסוק ל״ז · Verse 37

Hebrew:

בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם הֵחֵ֣ל יְהֹוָ֗ה לְהַשְׁלִ֙יחַ֙ בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה רְצִ֖ין מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֑ם וְאֵ֖ת פֶּ֥קַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָֽהוּ׃

English:

In those days, GOD began to incite King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.

פסוק ל״ח · Verse 38

Hebrew:

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב יוֹתָם֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵר֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו בְּעִ֖יר דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֑יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אָחָ֥ז בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ {פ}

English:

Jotham rested with his ancestors, and he was buried with his ancestors in the city of his forefather David; his son Ahaz succeeded him as king.

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