As for the other events of Amaziah’s reign, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

The Lord had seen how bitterly everyone in Israel, whether slave or free, was suffering; there was no one to help them.

As for the other events of Jeroboam’s reign, all he did, and his military achievements, including how he recovered for Israel both Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

As for the other events of Azariah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

The other events of Zechariah’s reign are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.

The other events of Shallum’s reign, and the conspiracy he led, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.

At that time Menahem, starting out from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in the city and its vicinity, because they refused to open their gates. He sacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.

Menahem exacted this money from Israel. Every wealthy person had to contribute fifty shekels of silver to be given to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and stayed in the land no longer.

As for the other events of Menahem’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

The other events of Pekahiah’s reign, and all he did, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.

As for the other events of Pekah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

As for the other events of Jotham’s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, engaging in the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.

King Ahaz then gave these orders to Uriah the priest: “On the large new altar, offer the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering, and the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their grain offering and their drink offering. Splash against this altar the blood of all the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar for seeking guidance.”

As for the other events of the reign of Ahaz, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

They set up sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.

At every high place they burned incense, as the nations whom the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did wicked things that aroused the Lord’s anger.

and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced.

Even while these people were worshiping the Lord, they were serving their idols. To this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their ancestors did.

How can you repulse one officer of the least of my master’s officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his storehouses—the silver, the gold, the spices and the fine olive oil—his armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.

The prophet asked, “What did they see in your palace?” “They saw everything in my palace,” Hezekiah said. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the Lord.