151 In the twenty-seventh e year of Jeroboam king of Israel , Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king . 2 He was sixteen e years old when he became king , and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem . 3 He did right in the sight of the Lord , according to all that his father Amaziah had done . 4 Only the high places were not taken away ; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places . 5 The Lord struck the king , so that he was a leper to the day of his death . And he lived in a separate house , while Jotham the king's son was over the household , judging the people of the land . 6 Now the rest of the acts of Azariah and all that he did , are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles e of the Kings of Judah ? 7 And Azariah slept with his fathers , and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David , and Jotham his son became king in his place .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 15:1-7
Commentary on 2 Kings 15:1-7
(Read 2 Kings 15:1-7)
Uzziah did for the most part that which was right. It was happy for the kingdom that a good reign was a long one.