1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
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And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; …
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. …
Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-15)We have here an account of two things concerning Uzziah:— I. His piety. In this he was not very eminent or zealous; yet he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord . He kept up the pure worship of the true God as his father did, and was better than his father, inasmuch as we have no reason to think he ever worshipped idols as his father did, no, not in his latter days, when his heart was…
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