2 Kings 15:2-4

Contemporary English Version

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.