2 Kings 15:1–8

JUDAH’S KING AZARIAH

15In the twenty-seventh year of Israel’s King Jeroboam, Azariah^w son of Amaziah became king of Judah.^{x 2}He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem. ³Azariah did what was right in the Lord’s sight^y just as his father Amaziah had done. ⁴Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.^z

⁵The Lord afflicted the king, and he had a serious skin disease until the day of his death.^aa He lived in quarantine,^Fab while Jotham,^ac the king’s son, was over the household governing the people of the land.^ad

⁶The rest of the events of Azariah’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.^{ae 7}Azariah rested with his ancestors and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. His son Jotham became king in his place.^af

ISRAEL’S KING ZECHARIAH

⁸In the thirty-eighth year of Judah’s King Azariah, Zechariah^ag son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria for six months.