2 Chronicles 26:1

The Reign of Uzziah

1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah (now he [was] sixteen years old) and made him king in the place 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 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah (now he [was] sixteen years old) and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.

2 He built Elath and returned it to Judah after the king slept with his ancestors.

3 Uzziah [was] sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. And the name of his mother [was] Yecoliah of Jerusalem.

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

5 And he began to seek God in the days of Zechariah who was teaching in visions of God. And {whenever} he sought Yahweh God made him have success.