2 Kings 15:1–8

Azariah Reigns in Judah

15^vIn the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, ^wAzariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign. ²He was ^xsixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. ³And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. ^4yNevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. ^5zAnd the Lord touched the king, so that he was a leper¹ to the day of his death, ^aand he lived in a separate house.² And Jotham the king’s son was over the household, governing the people of the land. ⁶Now 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? ⁷And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers ^bin the city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his place.

Zechariah Reigns in Israel

⁸In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.