2 Kings 15:1-7

Azariah Reigns in Judah

1 ¹In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, ²Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign.

2 He was ³sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

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

4 ⁴Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.

5 ⁵And the Lord touched the king, so that he was a leper^[a] to the day of his death, ⁶and he lived in a separate house. ^[b] And Jotham the king’s son was over the household, 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 Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

7 And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers ⁷in the city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his place.

2 Kings 15:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 15

This chapter begins with the reign of Azariah king of Judah, 2Ki 15:1-7, and then gives a short account of the several kings of Israel, to the last of them; of Zachariah, 2Ki 15:8-12, of Shallum, 2Ki 15:13,14,15 of Menahem, 2Ki 15:16-22 of Pekahiah, 2Ki 15:23-26, of Pekah, succeeded by Hoshea, the last of them, 2Ki 15:27-31, and is included with the reign of Jotham king of Judah, 2Ki 15:32-38.

Cross References

• 1. 15:1 [ch. 14:17]
• 2. 15:1 [ver. 13, 30, 32, 34; 2 Chr. 26:1]
• 3. 15:2 2 Chr. 26:3, 4
• 4. 15:4 See ch. 12:3
• 5. 15:5 For ver. 5-7, see 2 Chr. 26:21-23
• 6. 15:5 See Lev. 13:46
• 7. 15:7 [2 Chr. 26:23]

Footnotes

• [a] 15:5 'Leprosy' was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
• [b] 15:5 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain