Bible Reading for April 26

2 Kings Chapter 15

1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began
Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two
and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of
Jerusalem.

3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to
all that his father Amaziah had done;

4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and
burnt incense still on the high places.

5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of
his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was
over the house, judging the people of the land.

6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his
fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah
the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.

9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his
fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him
before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy
sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And
so it came to pass.

13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth
year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.

14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria,
and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and
reigned in his stead.

15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he
made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel.

16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts
thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote
it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem
the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.

18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed
not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin.

19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave
Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to
confirm the kingdom in his hand.

20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men
of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of
Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the
land.

21 And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in
his stead.

23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of
Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.

24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed
not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against
him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with
Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed
him, and reigned in his room.

26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold,
they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son
of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.

28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed
not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of
Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and
Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried
them captive to Assyria.

30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of
Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the
twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they
are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began
Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha,
the daughter of Zadok.

34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did
according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and
burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the
house of the LORD.

36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of
Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in
the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

2 Kings Chapter 16

1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of
Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen
years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the
LORD his God, like David his father.

3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son
to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen,
whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.

4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the
hills, and under every green tree.

5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came
up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.

6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave
the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto
this day.

7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I
am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the
king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up
against me.

8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the
LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a
present to the king of Assyria.

9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria
went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it
captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of
Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to
Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it,
according to all the workmanship thereof.

11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz
had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz
came from Damascus.

12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and
the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.

13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his
drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the
altar.

14 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from
the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the
LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.

15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great
altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering,
and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt
offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and
their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt
offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall
be for me to enquire by.

16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver
from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were
under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.

18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and
the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the
king of Assyria.

19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?