Uzziah: Called Azariah: Death of
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Uzziah, also known as Azariah, was a king of Judah who reigned for 52 years, from approximately 792 to 740 BC. His reign is noted for its prosperity and military success, as well as for his eventual downfall due to pride and disobedience to God.

Background and Reign

Uzziah was the son of Amaziah and became king at the age of sixteen. His reign is detailed in 2 Kings 15:1-7 and 2 Chronicles 26. Uzziah was a capable ruler who sought to strengthen the kingdom of Judah. He fortified Jerusalem, built towers, and improved the military by equipping his army with advanced weaponry. Under his leadership, Judah experienced economic growth and expanded its territory.

Uzziah's success is attributed to his initial faithfulness to God. 2 Chronicles 26:5 states, "He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success."

Pride and Downfall

Despite his achievements, Uzziah's pride led to his downfall. In a moment of arrogance, he unlawfully entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar, a duty reserved for the priests, the descendants of Aaron. This act of disobedience is recorded in 2 Chronicles 26:16-18: "But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense."

Azariah the priest, along with eighty other courageous priests, confronted Uzziah, warning him of his transgression. Despite their intervention, Uzziah persisted, and as a result, God struck him with leprosy. 2 Chronicles 26:19-20 describes the incident: "Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the LORD’s temple, leprosy broke out on his forehead."

Death and Legacy

Uzziah lived the remainder of his life in isolation due to his leprosy, which rendered him ceremonially unclean. His son Jotham took over the responsibilities of governing the people. Uzziah's death is recorded in 2 Kings 15:7: "And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place."

Despite his tragic end, Uzziah is remembered for the prosperity and strength he brought to Judah during his reign. His life serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of pride and the importance of obedience to God's commandments.
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2 Kings 15:7
So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
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2 Chronicles 26:23
So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
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Concerning Jeroboam King of Israel and Jonah the Prophet; and How ...
... 4. While Uzziah was in this state, and making preparation ... which he was prohibited
to do by Azariah the high ... And before the city, at a place called Eroge, half ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 10 concerning jeroboam king.htm

The Kingdom Op Judah.
... After his death, however, Joash fell away grievously, and promoted idol ... in the flower
of his age, leaving his son Uzziah, also called Azariah, to succeed ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson vii the kingdom op.htm

The Call of Isaiah
... the sanctuary "to burn incense upon the altar." Azariah the high ... surprising that
when, during the last year of Uzziah's reign, Isaiah was called to bear ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 25 the call of.htm

The Greater Prophets.
... reckon from the last year of Uzziah, and some ... Hebrew canon to the third division,
called Hagiographa. ... three companions, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, "in the ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxii the greater prophets.htm

The Old Testament and Archeology
... by Shishak, five years after the death of Solomon ... customary to identify this king
with Azariah (Uzziah) of Judah ... northern Syria of a state called Yaudi, perhaps ...
/.../the christian view of the old testament/chapter iv the old testament.htm

Treatise i. On the Unity of the Church.
... Thus also Uzziah the king,"when he bare the censer ... sacrifice against God's law, and
when Azariah the priest ... discipline, so that he who is called a confessor ...
/.../cyprian/the treatises of cyprian/treatise i on the unity.htm

Appendices
... in Assyria, 2 years 727 Ulula, called Shalmaneser IV ... 871 Jeboram 846 Ahaziah or Jehoahaz
842 Athaliah 842 Joash 837 Amaziah 797 Uzziah or Azariah 768 Jotham ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/appendices.htm

Tiglath-Pileser iii. And the Organisation of the Assyrian Empire ...
... Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, had called Him Elohim ... neither Amaziah (2 Kings
14:4) nor Azariah (2 Kings 15 ... similar conduct on the part of Uzziah is recorded ...
/.../chapter iitiglath-pileser iii and the.htm

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