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2 Kings 15:27-30

15:27 In the fifty-second year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria ¹  for twenty years. 15:28 He did evil in the sight of ²  the Lord; he did not repudiate ³  the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin. 15:29 During Pekah’s reign over Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, ⁴  Gilead, and Galilee, including all the territory of Naphtali. He deported the people ⁵  to Assyria. 15:30 Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him ⁶  and took his place as king, in the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah.

2 Kings 15:32-33

15:32 In the second year of the reign of Israel’s King Pekah son of Remaliah, Uzziah’s son Jotham became king over Judah. 15:33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ⁷  His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.