Quotes About Leadership

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.

As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.

Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.

But Amaziah would not listen, and Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.

And Jehoash rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And his son Jeroboam reigned in his place.

Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Amaziah son of Joash over Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria forty-one years.

And Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. And his son Zechariah reigned in his place.

In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboamís reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.

He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His motherís name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

As for the rest of the acts of Azariah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

In the thirty-eighth year of Azariahís reign over Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria six months.

Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.

So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”

In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziahís reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.

Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.

As for the rest of the acts of Shallum, along with the conspiracy he led, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

In the thirty-ninth year of Azariahís reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria ten years.

As for the rest of the acts of Menahem, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

And Menahem rested with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah reigned in his place.