6. Isn’t everything else about Azariah—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Judah?
7. Azariah lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His son Jotham succeeded him as king.
8. In Azariah’s thirty-eighth year as king of Judah, Jer o boam’s son Zechariah was king of Israel in Samaria for six months.
9. He did what the Lord considered evil, as his ancestors had done. He didn’t turn away from the sins that Jer o boam (Nebat’s son) led Israel to commit.
10. Shallum, son of Jabesh, plotted against Zechariah, attacked him at Kabal Am, killed him, and succeeded him as king.