Nevertheless, for the sake of his servant David, the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah. He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

Jehoram rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Ahaziah his son succeeded him as king.

His servants took him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his ancestors in his tomb in the City of David.

Then he gave the commanders the spears and shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of the Lord.

The officials who murdered him were Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer. He died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as king.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not as his father David had done. In everything he followed the example of his father Joash.

He was brought back by horse and was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors, in the City of David.

Azariah rested with his ancestors and was buried near them in the City of David. And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.

Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David, the city of his father. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God.

Ahaz rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Hezekiah his son succeeded him as king.

When he tore Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat their king. Jeroboam enticed Israel away from following the Lord and caused them to commit a great sin.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done.

I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.’”

“Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord.

I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.’”

He took the carved Asherah pole he had made and put it in the temple, of which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.