In the second year of King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel, King Jotham son of Uzziah of Judah began to reign — Jotham's accession, synchronized with Pekah's second year, marks a transition in Judah's narrative. Jotham (יוֹתָם, *Yotham*), Azariah's son who has actually governed during his father's leprosy, now assumes formal royal status. The synchronism with Pekah's early reign places Jotham's reign within Israel's final decades. Jotham rules Judah during the period when Pekah rules Israel, and the following verses will detail a significant interaction between the two kingdoms (the Syro-Ephraimite crisis, reserved for fuller treatment in chapter 16).

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