the rest of the acts of Uzziah, both the first and the last, are described by Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

And Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field by the burying of the kings: for they said: He is a leper. And Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
(2 Chronicles)
Chapter 27
Jotham makes the Ammonites interestable.

Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusa, a daughter of Zadok.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, as Uzziah his father had done, not going into the temple of the LORD, nor corrupting the people.

He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and the wall of Ophel he built much.

And he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

And he fought with the king of the children of Ammon, and was mighty over them: and the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. And the children of Ammon gave him the same in the second year, and in the third year.

So Jotham was mighty: for he judged his ways before the LORD his God.

And the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his strife, and all his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
(2 Chronicles)
Chapter 28
Of Ahaz the king of Judah, and his ungodly nature.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, as David his father did, 2. But walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. For this purpose he made cast images of Baalim.

And he burnt incense in the valley of the children of Hinnom, and burnt his sons with fire, according to the abomination of the heathen, whom the LORD had driven out from before the children of Israel;

And offered sacrifice and burnt incense in the high places, and in the hills, and under every green tree.

Therefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria, and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of his own captives, and brought them to Damascus.
He was also given into the hand of the king of Israel, and he fought a great battle against him.

For Pekah the son of Remaliah smote in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all of them upright men, because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers.

And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maeshiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the prince of the house, and Elkanah the next after the king.

And the children of Israel carried away captive from among their brethren two hundred thousand women, sons and daughters: and they took a great spoil of them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

And there was there a prophet of the LORD, whose name was Oded, which went out to meet the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers is wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand; but ye have slain them so horribly that it reacheth unto heaven.

Now therefore intend ye to subdue the children of Judah and Jerusalem unto you for bondmen and bondmaids. Is not this your fault against the LORD your God?

Now therefore hearken unto me, and bring again the captives which ye have carried away from among your brethren: for the wrath of the LORD is kindled against you.

And there arose some of the chief of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, and Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, against them that came out of the army,

And they said unto them: Ye shall not bring in the captives: for ye only remember iniquity before the LORD against us, that ye may make our sin and our iniquity more: for the iniquity is too much before, and the wrath is kindled against Israel.

And the soldiers left the captives and the spoil before the princes, and before all the congregation.

And the men which are now named arose, and took the captives, and all that were naked among them, and clothed them of the spoil, and put on shoes, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and led them upon asses all that were feeble, and brought them to Jericho, to the city of palm trees, to their brethren. And they returned to Samaria.

At that time king Ahaz sent unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

And the Edomites came again, and smote Judah, and carried away some of them.

And the Philistines pitched in the cities, in the floodplain, and in the south of Judah, and took Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho, with their daughters, and Timnah with her daughters, and Gimso with her daughters; and dwelt therein.

For the LORD humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Judah, because he made Judah naked, and trespassed against the LORD.

And there came against him Tiglathpilneser king of Assyria, and besieged him; but he could not prevail against him.

For Ahaz divided the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and the house of the princes, which he gave to the king of Assyria: but it availed him not.

And in his distress king Ahaz made more of the trespass against the LORD.

And he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him, saying, The gods of the kings of Syria help them: therefore will I sacrifice unto them, that they may help me also: for they were a stumblingblock to him, and to all Israel.

And Ahaz brought the vessels of the house of God in multitude, and gathered the vessels into the house of God, and shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

And in the cities of Judah to and fro he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked the LORD God of his fathers.

And the rest of his acts, and all his ways, both first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of Jerusalem: for they brought him not among the sepulchres of the kings of Israel. And Jehizkiah his son reigned in his stead.
(2 Chronicles)
Chapter 29
Jehizkiah restores the right worship,

Jehizkiah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah, a daughter of Zechariah.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, as did David his father.

He opened the doors of the house of the LORD in the first month of the first year of his kingdom, and fastened them.

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and assembled them in the broad street toward the east.

And said unto them: Hearken unto me, ye Levites. Sanctify yourselves therefore, that ye sanctify the house of the LORD your God’s fathers, and put away the filth from off the sanctuary.

For our fathers have transgressed, and done evil in the sight of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him. For they have turned away their faces from the tabernacle of the LORD, and have turned their backs;

And they shut the door of the hall, and put out the lamps, and burned no incense, nor offered burnt offerings in the sanctuary unto the God of Israel.

Therefore the wrath of the LORD is come upon Judah and Jerusalem, and hath given them to be scattered, and to be desolate, to be whistled at, as ye see with your eyes.

For, behold, for this cause our fathers fell by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives were carried away.

Now it is in my mind to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his wrath and his fury may turn from us.

Now therefore, my sons, be not negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, and to be his ministers and incense burners.

And the Levites arose: Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the children of the Kohathites: and of the children of Meran, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehaleleel: and of the children of the Gershonites, Joab the son of Shimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

And of the sons of Elizaphan, Zimri and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mathaniah;

And of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

And they gathered their brethren together, and sanctified themselves, and went in according to the king’s commandment by the word of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

And the priests went in within the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and put all the uncleanness that was found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house