The Lord said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what I consider right, and in accordance with all that was in my heart have dealt with the house of Ahab, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.”
2 Kings 14:29 - New Revised Standard Version Jeroboam slept with his ancestors, the kings of Israel; his son Zechariah succeeded him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jeroboam [II] slept with his fathers, the kings of Israel. Zechariah his son reigned in his stead. American Standard Version (1901) And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead. Common English Bible Jeroboam lay down with his ancestors the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah succeeded him as king. Catholic Public Domain Version And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, the kings of Israel. And Zechariah, his son, reigned in his place. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Jeroboam slept with his fathers the kings of Israel, and Zacharias his son reigned in his stead. |
The Lord said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what I consider right, and in accordance with all that was in my heart have dealt with the house of Ahab, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.”
Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he recovered for Israel Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?
In the twenty-seventh year of King Jeroboam of Israel King Azariah son of Amaziah of Judah began to reign.
This was the promise of the Lord that he gave to Jehu, “Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.” And so it happened.
In the thirty-eighth year of King Azariah of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.