¹In Jeroboam’s twenty-seventh year as king of Israel, Amaziah’s son Azariah^abegan to rule as king of Judah. ²He was 16 years old when he began to rule, and he ruled for 52 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.

³He did what the Lord considered right, as his father Amaziah had done. ⁴But the illegal places of worship were still not torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites.

Azariah’s Skin Disease—2 Chronicles 26:21–23

⁵The Lord inflicted the king with a skin disease that lasted until the day the king died. So the king lived in a separate house. The king’s son Jotham was in charge of the palace and governed the country.

⁶Isn’t everything else about Azariah—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Judah? ⁷Azariah lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His son Jotham succeeded him as king.

King Zechariah of Israel Rules for Six Months

⁸In Azariah’s thirty-eighth year as king of Judah, Jeroboam’s son Zechariah was king of Israel in Samaria for six months.

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Footnotes

a 15:1 In the Masoretic Text this king of Judah is also called Uzziah.