1. In the twenty-seventh year of Israel’s King Jeroboam, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.
2. He was 16 years old when he became king and reigned 52 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah, who was from Jerusalem.
3. Azariah did what was right in the Lord’s sight just as his father Amaziah had done.