2 Kings 15:1-7

Series of Kings: Azariah (Uzziah) over Judah

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

2 He was ²sixteen * years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

3 He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

4 Only ³the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

5 ⁴The LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death. And he ⁵lived in a separate house, while Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging 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 in the city of David, and Jotham his son became king 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. 2 Kings 14:17
• 2. 2 Chronicles 26:3, 4
• 3. 2 Kings 12:3
• 4. 2 Chronicles 26:21-23
• 5. Leviticus 13:46; Numbers 12:14

Footnotes

• [a] In 2 Chr 26:3, "Jechiliah"
• [b] Lit "and"