2 Chronicles 26:1
All the people of Judah took Uzziah, sixteen years old, and made him king in succession to his father Amaziah.
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2He rebuilt Eloth and brought it back into the kingdom of Judah after Amaziah died.
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2 Kings 14:1Amaziah, son of Joash, became king of Judah in the second year of the reign of Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
2 Kings 15:1Azariah, son of Amaziah, became king of Judah in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of Jeroboam, king of Israel.
2 Chronicles 22:1The people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, Jehoram's youngest son, king in succession to his father, since the invaders who had entered the camp with the Arabians had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah, son of Jehoram, became king of Judah.
Amos 1:1Here is the message that was given to Amos, a shepherd from Tekoa in Judah. This is what he saw concerning Israel when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam, son of Jehoash, was king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 26:1
This chapter gives us an account of the reign of Uzziah (Azariah he was called in the Kings) more fully than we had it before, though it was long, and in some respects illustrious, yet it was very briefly related, 2 Kings xiv. 21 ; xv. 1 , &c. Here is, I. His good character in general, ver. 1-5 . II. His great prosperity in his wars, his buildings, and all the affairs of his kingdom, ver. 6-15 . III. His presumption in invading the priests' office, for which he was struck with a leprosy, and confined by it ( ver.… Read the whole commentary →