1. In the twenty-seventh year of King Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Amaziah’s son Azariah became king over Judah.
2. He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.
3. He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.
4. But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.