²¹ Then all the people of Judah took Azariah,^[a](A) who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. ²² He was the one who rebuilt Elath^(B) and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his ancestors.

Jeroboam II King of Israel

²³ In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam^(C) son of Jehoash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. ²⁴ He did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.^{(D) 25} He was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo Hamath^(E) to the Dead Sea,^[b](F) in accordance with the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah^(G) son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.

²⁶ The Lord had seen how bitterly everyone in Israel, whether slave or free,^(H) was suffering;^[c](I) there was no one to help them.^{(J) 27} And since the Lord had not said he would blot out^(K) the name of Israel from under heaven, he saved^(L) them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.

²⁸ As for the other events of Jeroboam’s reign, all he did, and his military achievements, including how he recovered for Israel both Damascus^(M) and Hamath,^(N) which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals^(O) of the kings of Israel? ²⁹ Jeroboam rested with his ancestors, the kings of Israel. And Zechariah his son succeeded him as king.

Azariah King of Judah^(P)

15 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah^[d](Q) son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. ² He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem. ³ He did what was right^(R) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done.