2 Kings 15:1-7

Contemporary English Version

King Azariah of Judah

(2 Chronicles 26.1-23)

15 Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah in Jeroboam's twenty-seventh year as king of Israel. ² He was only 16 years old when he became king, and he ruled 52 years from Jerusalem, which was also the hometown of his mother Jecoliah.

³ Azariah obeyed the Lord by doing right, as his father Amaziah had done. ⁴ But Azariah did not destroy the local shrines,^[a] and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices.

⁵ The Lord punished Azariah with leprosy^[b] for the rest of his life. He wasn't allowed to live in the royal palace, so his son Jotham lived there and ruled in his place.

⁶ Everything else Azariah did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah. ^7 (A) Azariah died and was buried beside his ancestors in Jerusalem. His son Jotham then became king.