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2 Kings 14
²⁶ For the LORD saw the bitter suffering of everyone in Israel, and that there was no one in Israel, slave or free, to help them.
²⁷ And because the LORD had not said he would blot out the name of Israel completely, he used Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash, to save them.
²⁸ The rest of the events in the reign of Jeroboam II and everything he did—including the extent of his power, his wars, and how he recovered for Israel both Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah—are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
²⁹ When Jeroboam II died, he was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. Then his son Zechariah became the next king.
2 Kings 15
¹ Uzziah son of Amaziah began to rule over Judah in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Jeroboam II of Israel.
² He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.
³ He did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight, just as his father, Amaziah, had done.
⁴ But he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.
⁵ The LORD struck the king with leprosy, which lasted until the day he died. He lived in isolation in a separate house. The king’s son Jotham was put in charge of the royal palace, and he governed the people of the land.
⁶ The rest of the events in Uzziah’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.
⁷ When Uzziah died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. And his son Jotham became the next king.