2 Kings 15:1–8

Azariah Reigns in Judah

15In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, ^aAzariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, ^bbecame king. ²He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. ³And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done, ^4cexcept that the ¹high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. ⁵Then the Lord ^dstruck the king, so that he was a leper until the day of his ^edeath; so he ^fdwelt in an isolated house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the royal house, judging 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? ⁷So Azariah ²rested with his fathers, and ^gthey buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then Jotham his son reigned in his place.

Zechariah Reigns in Israel

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