2 Kings 15:1–8

Azariah Reigns over Judah

¹⁵In the twenty-seventh year of King Jeroboam of Israel, King Azariah son of Amaziah of Judah began to reign.^{* 2}He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.^{* 3}He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done. ⁴Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.^{* 5}The Lord struck the king so that he had a defiling skin disease to the day of his death and lived in a separate house. Jotham the king’s son was in charge of the palace, governing the people of the land.^{* 6}Now the rest of the acts of Azariah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah? ⁷Azariah slept with his ancestors; they buried him with his ancestors in the city of David; his son Jotham succeeded him.^*

Zechariah Reigns over Israel

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