2 Kings 15

In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah^[a] son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ حُكْمِ يَرُبْعَامَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، تَوَلَّى عَزَرْيَا بْنُ أَمَصْيَا عَرْشَ يَهُوذَا.

He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

وَكَانَ عُمْرُهُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ يَكُلْيَا مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

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

وَصَنَعَ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى غِرَارِ أَبِيهِ أَمَصْيَا،

The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَهْدِمِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ. وَظَلَّ الشَّعْبُ يُقَرِّبُونَ عَلَيْهَا وَيُوْقِدُونَ.

The Lord afflicted the king with leprosy^[b] until the day he died, and he lived in a separate house.^[c] Jotham the king’s son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

وَابْتَلَى الرَّبُّ عَزَرْيَا بِدَاءِ الْبَرَصِ إِلَى يَوْمِ وَفَاتِهِ، مِمَّا أَرْغَمَهُ عَلَى الإِقَامَةِ فِي بَيْتٍ مُنْعَزِلٍ، فَتَوَلَّى ابْنُهُ يُوثَامُ حُكْمَ الشَّعْبِ بِالنِّيَابَةِ عَنْهُ.

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?

أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ عَزَرْيَا وَمُنْجَزَاتُهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِي مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَاِر أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

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

Zechariah King of Israel

ثُمَّ مَاتَ عَزَرْيَا وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ يُوثَامُ.

زكريا يملك على إسرائيل

In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned six months.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ والثَّلاثِينَ لِحُكْمِ عَزَرْيَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، اعْتَلَى زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَرُبْعَامَ عَرْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ مُدَّةَ سِتَّةِ أَشْهُرٍ.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his predecessors had done. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.

وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى غِرَارِ أَبَائِهِ وَلَمْ يَعْدِلْ عَنْ أَيٍّ مِنْ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ الَّتِي اسْتَغْوَى بِها الإِسْرَائِيِليِّينَ فَأَخْطَأُوا.

Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He attacked him in front of the people,^[d] assassinated him and succeeded him as king.

وَتَمَرَّدَ عَلَيْهِ شَلُّومُ بْنُ يَابِيشَ وَاغْتَالَهُ أَمَامَ الشَّعْبِ وَاغْتَصَبَ مِنْهُ الْمُلْكَ.

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

أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ زَكَرِيَّا فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

So the word of the Lord spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.”^[e]

Shallum King of Israel

وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ تَحْقِيقاً لِكَلامِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي وَعَدَ بِهِ يَاهُو قَائِلاً: «إِنَّ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ حَتَّى الْجِيلِ الرَّابِعِ يَكُونُونَ مُلُوكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ».

شلوم يملك على إسرائيل

Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned in Samaria one month.

وَمَلَكَ شَلُّومُ بْنُ يَابِيشَ فِي السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ حُكْمِ عُزِّيَّا (عَزَرْيَا) مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، وَدَامَ مُلْكُهُ مُدَّةَ شَهْرٍ وَاحِدٍ فِي السَّامِرَةِ.

Then Menahem son of Gadi went from Tirzah up to Samaria. He attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, assassinated him and succeeded him as king.

وَذَهَبَ مَنَحِيمُ بْنُ جَادِي مِنْ تِرْصَةَ إِلَى السَّامِرَةِ وَاغْتَالَ شَلُّومَ بْنَ يَابِيشَ، وَخَلَفَهُ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ الْمَمْلَكَةِ.

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.

أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ شَلُّومَ وَتَمَرُّدُهُ فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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 King of Israel

بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ هَاجَمَ مَنَحِيمُ تَفْصَحَ وَضَوَاحِيهَا، وَهَدَمَ مَا فِيهَا حَتَّى حُدُودِ تِرْصَةَ لأَنَّ أَهْلَهَا أَبَوْا أَنْ يَفْتَحُوا بَوَّابَاتِهَا لَهُ، وَشَقَّ بُطُونَ جَمِيعِ حَوَامِلِهَا.

منحيم يملك على إسرائيل

In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria ten years.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ لِحُكْمِ عَزَرْيَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، اعْتَلَى مَنَحِيمُ بْنُ جَادِي عَرْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ لِمُدَّةِ عَشْرِ سِنِينَ،

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. During his entire reign he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.

وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى غِرَارِ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ الَّتِي اسْتَغْوَى بِها الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ فَأَخْطَأُوا طَوَالَ أَيَّامِهِ.

Then Pul^[f] king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave him a thousand talents^[g] of silver to gain his support and strengthen his own hold on the kingdom.

وَأَغَارَ فُولُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ عَلَى الْبِلادِ، فَاسْتَرْضَاهُ مَنَحِيمُ بِأَلْفِ وَزْنَةٍ (نَحْوِ ثَلاثَةِ آلافٍ وَسِتِّ مِئَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامٍ) مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ لِيُوآزِرَهُ فِي تَثْبِيتِهِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ.

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

وَجَبَى مَنَحِيمُ خَمْسِينَ شَاقِلَ (نَحْوَ سِتِّ مِئَةِ جِرَاماً) مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَثْرِيَاءِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ لِيَدْفَعَهَا لِمَلِكِ أَشُّورَ، فَرَجَعَ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ وَلَمْ يَحْتَلَّ الأَرْضَ.

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?

أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ مَنَحِيمَ وَمُنْجَزَاتُهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

Menahem rested with his ancestors. And Pekahiah his son succeeded him as king.

Pekahiah King of Israel

ثُمَّ مَاتَ مَنَحِيمُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ فَقَحْيَا عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.

فقحيا يملك على إسرائيل

In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned two years.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ الْخَمْسِينَ لِحُكْمِ عَزَرْيَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، اعْتَلَى فَقَحْيَا بْنُ مَنَحِيمَ عَرْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِمُدَّةِ سَنَتَيْنِ،

Pekahiah did evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.

وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى غِرَارِ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ الَّتِي اسْتَغْوَى بِها الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ،

One of his chief officers, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him. Taking fifty men of Gilead with him, he assassinated Pekahiah, along with Argob and Arieh, in the citadel of the royal palace at Samaria. So Pekah killed Pekahiah and succeeded him as king.

فَثَارَ عَلَيْهِ فَقْحُ بْنُ رَمَلْيَا، أَحَدُ قُوَّادِهِ مَعَ خَمْسِينَ جُنْدِيًّا مِنَ الْجِلْعَادِيِّينَ، وَاغْتَالَهُ فِي السَّامِرَةِ فِي عُقْرِ قَصْرِهِ، كَمَا اغْتَالَ مَعَهُ أَرْجُوبَ وَأَرْيَةَ، وَخَلَفَهُ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.

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

Pekah King of Israel

أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَعْمَالِ فَقَحْيَا وَمُنْجَزَاتُهُ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

فقح يملك على إسرائيل

In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twenty years.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ وَالْخَمْسِينَ لِحُكْمِ عَزَرْيَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، اعْتَلَى فَقْحُ بْنُ رَمَلْيَا عَرْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ لِمُدَّةِ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.

وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى غِرَارِ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ الَّتِي اسْتَغْوَى بِها الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ فَأَخْطَأَوا.

In the time of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh and Hazor. He took Gilead and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and deported the people to Assyria.

وَفِي أَيَّامِهِ هَاجَمَ تَغْلَثْ فَلاسِرُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ الْبِلادَ، وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى مُدُنِ عُيُونَ، وَآبَلَ بَيْتِ مَعْكَةَ، وَيَانُوحَ، وَقَادَشَ، وَحَاصُورَ، وَجِلْعَادَ وَالْجَلِيلِ، وَكُلِّ أَرْضِ نَفْتَالِي وَسَبَى أَهْلَهَا إِلَى أَشُّورَ.

Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked and assassinated him, and then succeeded him as king in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.

ثُمَّ تَمَرَّدَ هُوشَعُ بْنُ أَيْلَةَ عَلَى فَقْحَ بْنِ رَمَلْيَا وَاغْتَالَهُ، وَخَلَفَهُ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ فِي السَّنَةِ الْعِشْرِينَ لِيُوثَامَ بْنِ عُزِّيَّا (عَزَرْيَا).

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?

Jotham King of Judah

أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ فَقْحَ فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

يوثام يملك على يهوذا

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

وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ لِحُكْمِ فَقْحَ بْنِ رَمَلْيَا مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، اعْتَلَى يُوثَامُ بْنُ عُزِّيَّا عَرْشَ يَهُوذَا،

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.

وَكَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ يَرُوشَا ابْنَةُ صَادُوقَ.

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

وَصَنَعَ كُلَّ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، سَالِكاً فِي نَهْجِ أَبِيهِ عُزِّيَّا.

The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the Lord.

وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَهْدِمِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، وَظَلَّ الشَّعْبُ يُقَرِّبُونَ عَلَيْهَا وَيُوْقِدُونَ. وَهُوَ الَّذِي بَنَى الْبَابَ الأَعْلَى لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

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?

أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يُوثَامَ وَمُنْجَزَاتُهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

(In those days the Lord began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)

وَفِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ شَرَعَ الرَّبُّ يُرْسِلُ عَلَى يَهُوذَا رَصِينَ مَلِكَ أَرَامَ وَفَقْحَ بْنَ رَمَلْيَا.

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.

وَمَاتَ يُوثَامُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ أَبِيهِ دَاوُدَ، وَخَلَفَهُ آحَازُ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.