1. In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king.
2. He was sixteen 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.