1. In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
2. Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
3. And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
4. Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
5. And the Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land: