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1 Azariah, Amaziah's son, became king of Judah in the twenty-seventh year of Israel's King Jeroboam.
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In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign.
2 He was 16 years old when he became king, and he ruled for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
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He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
3 He did what was right in the LORD's eyes, just as his father Amaziah had done.
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He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
4 However, the shrines weren't removed. People kept sacrificing and burning incense at them.
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The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
5 Now the LORD afflicted the king with a skin disease that he had until his dying day, so he lived in a separate house. The king's son Jotham supervised the palace administration and governed the people of the land.
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The LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, and he lived in a separate house. Jotham the king’s son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
6 The rest of Azariah's deeds and all he accomplished, aren't they written in the official records of Judah's kings?
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As for the other events of Azariah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
7 Azariah died and was buried with his ancestors in David's City. His son Jotham succeeded him as king.
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Azariah rested with his ancestors and was buried near them in the City of David. And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.
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