In the twelfthyearof Ahazkingof Judah,Hosheathe sonof ElahbecamekingoverIsraelin Samaria,[and reigned] nineyears.
And Hosheathe sonof Elahmadea conspiracyagainstPekahthe sonof Remaliah,and struckhim and puthim to deathand becamekingin his place,in the twentiethyearof Jothamthe sonof Uzziah.
In the seventeenthyearof Pekahthe sonof Remaliah,Ahazthe sonof Jotham,kingof Judah,becameking.
He didevilin the sightof the LORD,onlynot as the kingsof Israelwhowere beforehim.
Now it cameabout in the thirdyearof Hoshea,the sonof Elahkingof Israel,that Hezekiahthe sonof Ahazkingof Judahbecameking.
