Series of Kings: Azariah (Uzziah) over Judah

15 ^(A)In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king. ² He was ^(B)sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was ^[a]Jecoliah of Jerusalem. ³ He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that his father Amaziah had done. ⁴ Only ^(C)the high places were not eliminated; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. ^5 (D)And the Lord afflicted the king, so that he had leprosy to the day of his death. And he ^(E)lived in a separate house, ^[b]while Jotham the king’s son was in charge of the household, judging the people of the land.