7. Azariah rested with his ancestors and was buried near them in the City of David. And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.
8. In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned for six months.
9. 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.
10. Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He attacked him in front of the people, assassinated him and succeeded him as king.
11. The other events of Zechariah’s reign are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.