2 Chronicles 26:2-4

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King Uzziah of Judah

(2 Kings 14.21,22; 15.1-7)

26 ^1-3After the death of King Amaziah, the people of Judah crowned his son Uzziah^[a] king, even though he was only 16 at the time. Uzziah ruled 52 years from Jerusalem, the hometown of his mother Jecoliah. During his rule, he recaptured and rebuilt the town of Elath.

⁴He obeyed the Lord by doing right, as his father Amaziah had done.

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Footnotes

26.1-3 Uzziah: In the parallel passages in 2 Kings, he is called “Azariah” (see also 1 Chronicles 3.10-15). He is also called “Uzziah” in 2 Kings 15.13; Isaiah 1.1; Hosea 1.1; and Amos 1.1. One of these names was probably his birth name, while the other was his name after he became king.