2 Kings 15:1-7 ▼

1 In the twenty-seventh year of Israel’s King Jeroboam, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.

2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

3 Azariah did what was right in the LORD’s sight just as his father Amaziah had done.

4 Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

5 The LORD afflicted the king, and he had a serious skin disease until the day of his death. He lived in quarantine, while Jotham, the king’s son, was over the household governing the people of the land.

6 The rest of the events of Azariah’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.

7 Azariah rested with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Jotham became king in his place.