1 ^vIn the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, ^wAzariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign. 2 He was ^xsixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 4 ^yNevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. 5 ^zAnd the Lord touched the king, so that he was a leper¹ to the day of his death, ^aand he lived in a separate house.² And Jotham the king’s son was over the household, governing the people of the land. 6 Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 7 And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers ^bin the city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his place.

32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign. 33 He was ^ttwenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. 34 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, ^uaccording to all that his father Uzziah had done. 35 ^vNevertheless, the high places were not removed. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. He built ^wthe upper gate of the house of the Lord. 36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 37 In those days the Lord began to send ^xRezin the king of Syria and ^xPekah the son of Remaliah against Judah. 38 Jotham slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.