1. In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king.
2. He was 16 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 52 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
3. Now he did what was right in Adonai’s eyes, just like all that his father Amaziah had done.