1. IN THE twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam [II] king of Israel, Azariah (Uzziah) son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign.
2. He was sixteen years old when he began his fifty-two-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
3. He did right in the Lord's sight, in keeping with all his father Amaziah had done–
4. Except the high places were not removed; the people sacrificed and burned incense still on the high places.