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5Â In the 27th shanah of Yarov`am Melech Yisroel began Azaryah Ben Amatzyah Melech Yehudah to reign as melech.
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And he did that which was yashar in the eyes of Hashem, according to all that Amatzyah aviv had done;
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However the [idolatrous] high places were not removed; the people offered zevakhim and burned ketoret still on the[idolatrous] high places.
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And Hashem plagued HaMelech, so that he was metzorah unto his yom mot, and dwelt in a bais hachafeshit (separate house, leper asylum house). And Yotam Ben HaMelech was over the Bais (Palace), shofet (governing) the Am HaAretz.