2 Chronicles 26:1

Uzziah Reigns in Judah

1 And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

2 Chronicles 26:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 1-4. Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah
Of this and2 Chronicles 26:2

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 26:1).

2 Chronicles 26:1 In-Context

1 And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

2 He built Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

3 Uzziah 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.

4 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

5 He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God, and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.