Azariah (Uzziah) Son of Amaziah, King of Judah

15 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king. ² He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he ruled for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jekoliah from Jerusalem. ³ He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like everything that his father Amaziah had done. ⁴ But the high places were still not removed. The people were still offering sacrifices and burning incense there at the high places.

⁵ Then the Lord afflicted the king so that he had leprosy^[a] until the day of his death. So he lived in a quarantined house, and Jotham, the king’s son, was in charge of the palace and administered justice for the people of the land.

⁶ As for the rest of Azariah’s acts and everything he did, are they not written in the annals of the kings of Judah? ⁷ Azariah rested with his fathers, and he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Jotham became king in his place.