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2 Chronicles 26:1–2

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Uzziah’s Reign

26:1All the people of Judah took Uzziah,1 who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place. 26:2Uzziah2 built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah3 had passed away.4

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Footnotes

  1. 1 The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1–8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”
  2. 2 Heb “he”; the referent (Uzziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. 3 Heb “after the king”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. 4 “slept with his fathers.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. He built Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. He was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his ancestors.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. After Amaziah the king rested with his ancestors, Uzziah rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah.

NLTNew Living Translation

All the people of Judah had crowned Amaziah’s sixteen-year-old son, Uzziah, as king in place of his father. After his father’s death, Uzziah rebuilt the town of Elath and restored it to Judah.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah (now he was sixteen years old) and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. He built Elath and returned it to Judah after the king slept with his ancestors.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.