Reign of Uzziah
809 BC, lasting 52 years traditional (Jones)
- Passage
- 2 Kgs 15:1-7
- Person
- Uzziah
- Place
- Jerusalem
- Before
- Death of Amaziah
- After
- Prophecies of Amos
Participants
Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.
Places
Where it happens. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.
- likely location: Jerusalem
Every verse
All 7 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
2 Kings7 verses
- 15:1
In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.
- 15:2
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.
- 15:3
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
- 15:4
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
- 15:5
And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy 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.
- 15:6
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?
- 15:7
And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.