And the Lord said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.”
2 Kings 14:29 - Revised Standard Version And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead. 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. |
And the Lord said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, 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 Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign.
(This was the promise of the Lord which he gave to Jehu, “Your sons shall sit upon the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.” And so it came to pass.)
In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.