Reign of Uzziah

Date: -809 (52Y)

Locations: Jerusalem

Participants: Uzziah

Scripture References

• 2 Kings 15:1 — In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
• 2 Kings 15:2 — Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
• 2 Kings 15:3 — And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
• 2 Kings 15:4 — Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
• 2 Kings 15:5 — And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
• 2 Kings 15:6 — And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
• 2 Kings 15:7 — So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

Last updated: Dec 4, 2020