Verse 1

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

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  • 2 Chr 22:1 : 1 The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, because the raiders who had come with the Arabs into the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah, son of Jehoram, king of Judah, became king.
  • 2 Chr 33:25 : 25 But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
  • Matt 1:8-9 : 8 Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat was the father of Joram; Joram was the father of Uzziah. 9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham; Jotham was the father of Ahaz; Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
  • 2 Kgs 14:21 : 21 Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
  • 2 Kgs 15:1-7 : 1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam, king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah. 2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecholiah; she was from Jerusalem. 3 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done. 4 However, the high places were not removed; the people continued to sacrifice and burn incense there. 5 The LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day of his death, and he lived in a separate house. Meanwhile, Jotham, the king's son, was in charge of the palace and governed the people of the land. 6 The rest of the events of Azariah’s reign, including all that he did, are recorded in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. 7 Azariah rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of David. Jotham, his son, succeeded him as king.
  • 1 Chr 3:12 : 12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, and Jotham his son.