2 Chronicles 26:1

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And all the people of Judah took Uzziah—and he was a son of sixteen years—and they made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

Latin

Omnis autem populus Juda filium ejus Oziam, annorum sedecim, constituit regem pro Amasia patre suo.

Hebrew

English

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

The Chronicler introduced Uzziah, also known as Azariah in Kings, twice (2 Chronicles 26:1–2, 3–5). He quoted two passages from Kings (2 Kings 14:21–22; 15:2–3).

Theme notes and profiles

Matthew 1:8–9
Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
2 Chronicles 22:1
Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
2 Kings 14:21
Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
2 Kings 15:1–7
In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.
2 Chronicles 33:25
But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
1 Chronicles 3:12
Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

Amaziah: King of Judah, son of Joash Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province Uzziah: King of Judah, reigned 52 years