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. His mother’s name was Jekoliah from Jerusalem.
3. He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
4. But the high places were not removed. The people continued sacrificing and making offerings on the high places.