Azariah Reigns in Judah

(2 Chronicles 26:3–23)

In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah[fn] son of Amaziah became king of Judah. 2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem. 3 And he did [what was] right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

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Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense [there].

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And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy[fn] until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while [his] son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

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As for the rest of the acts of Azariah, along with all his accomplishments are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

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And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near [them][fn] in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.

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