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. 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. He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that his father Amaziah had done. Only (C)the high places were not eliminated; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. (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. Now as for the rest of the acts of Azariah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And Azariah [c]lay down with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and his son Jotham became king in his place.

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Notas al pie

  1. 2 Kings 15:2 In 2 Chr 26:3, Jechiliah
  2. 2 Kings 15:5 Lit and
  3. 2 Kings 15:7 I.e., died

Azariah rules Judah

15 Azariah, Amaziah’s son, became king of Judah in the twenty-seventh year of Israel’s King Jeroboam. He was 16 years old when he became king, and he ruled for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem. He did what was right in the Lord’s eyes, just as his father Amaziah had done. However, the shrines weren’t removed. People kept sacrificing and burning incense at them. Now the Lord afflicted the king with a skin disease that he had until his dying day, so he lived in a separate house.[a] The king’s son Jotham supervised the palace administration and governed the people of the land. The rest of Azariah’s deeds and all he accomplished, aren’t they written in the official records of Judah’s kings? Azariah died and was buried with his ancestors in David’s City. His son Jotham succeeded him as king.

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Notas al pie

  1. 2 Kings 15:5 Heb uncertain