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Uzziah (Azariah) King of Judah

26 All the people of Judah took Uzziah,[a] who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

He was the one who built Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.

Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jekoliah[b] from Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 26:1 He is called Azariah in 2 Kings.
  2. 2 Chronicles 26:3 Also called Jekiliah. Such spelling variants are common in biblical personal names.