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2Ki 15:1	Strong Concordance	In the twenty [06242] [08141] and seventh [07651] year [08141] of Jeroboam [03379] king [04428] of Israel [03478] began Azariah [05838] son [01121] of Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063] to reign [04427].
	King James	In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
AZARIAH'S REIGN OVER JUDAH. (Kg2 15:1-7) In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam--It is thought that the throne of Judah continued vacant eleven or twelve years, between the death of Amaziah and the inauguration of his son Azariah. Being a child only four years old when his father was murdered, a regency was appointed during Azariah's minority. began Azariah . . . to reign--The character of his reign is described by the brief formula employed by the inspired historian, in recording the religious policy of the later kings. But his reign was a very active as well as eventful one, and is fully related (2Ch. 26:1-23). Elated by the possession of great power, and presumptuously arrogating to himself, as did the heathen kings, the functions both of the real and sacerdotal offices, he was punished with leprosy, which, as the offense was capital (Num 8:7), was equivalent to death, for this disease excluded him from all society. While Jotham, his son, as his viceroy, administered the affairs of the kingdom--being about fifteen years of age (compare Kg2 15:33) --he had to dwell in a place apart by himself (see on Kg2 7:3). After a long reign he died, and was buried in the royal burying-field, though not in the royal cemetery of "the city of David" (Ch2 26:23).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

AZARIAH'S REIGN OVER JUDAH. (Kg2 15:1-7)

In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam--It is thought that the throne of Judah continued vacant eleven or twelve years, between the death of Amaziah and the inauguration of his son Azariah. Being a child only four years old when his father was murdered, a regency was appointed during Azariah's minority.

began Azariah . . . to reign--The character of his reign is described by the brief formula employed by the inspired historian, in recording the religious policy of the later kings. But his reign was a very active as well as eventful one, and is fully related (2Ch. 26:1-23). Elated by the possession of great power, and presumptuously arrogating to himself, as did the heathen kings, the functions both of the real and sacerdotal offices, he was punished with leprosy, which, as the offense was capital (Num 8:7), was equivalent to death, for this disease excluded him from all society. While Jotham, his son, as his viceroy, administered the affairs of the kingdom--being about fifteen years of age (compare Kg2 15:33) --he had to dwell in a place apart by himself (see on Kg2 7:3). After a long reign he died, and was buried in the royal burying-field, though not in the royal cemetery of "the city of David" (Ch2 26:23).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Reign of Azariah (Uzziah) or Judah (cf. 2 Chron 26). - The statement that "in the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam Azariah began to reign" is at variance with Kg2 14:2, Kg2 14:16-17, and Kg2 14:23. If, for example, Azariah ascended the throne in the fifteenth year of Joash of Israel, and with his twenty-nine years' reign outlived Joash fifteen years (Kg2 14:2, Kg2 14:17); if, moreover, Jeroboam followed his father Joash in the fifteenth year of Amaziah (Kg2 14:23), and Amaziah died in the fifteenth year of Jeroboam; Azariah (Uzziah) must have become king in the fifteenth year of Jeroboam, since, according to Kg2 14:21, the people made him king after the murder of his father, which precludes the supposition of an interregnum. Consequently the datum "in the twenty-seventh year" can only have crept into the text through the confounding of the numerals טו (15) with כז (27), and we must therefore read "in the fifteenth year." Kg2 15:2-6 Beside the general characteristics of Uzziah's fifty-two years' reign, which are given in the standing formula, not a single special act is mentioned, although, according to 2 Chron 26, he raised his kingdom to great earthly power and prosperity; probably for no other reason than because his enterprises had exerted no permanent influence upon the development of the kingdom of Judah, but all the useful fruits of his reign were destroyed again by the ungodly Ahaz. Uzziah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done. For as the latter was unfaithful to the Lord in the closing years of his reign, so did Uzziah seek God only so long as Zechariah, who was experienced in divine visions, remained alive, and God gave success to his enterprises, so that during this time he carried on successful wars against the Philistines and Arabians, fortified the walls of Jerusalem with strong towers, built watch-towers in the desert, and constructed cisterns for the protection and supply of his numerous flocks, promoted agriculture and vine-growing, and organized a numerous and well-furnished army (Ch2 26:5-15). But the great power to which he thereby attained produced such haughtiness, that he wanted to make himself high priest in his kingdom after the manner of the heathen kings, and usurping the sacred functions, which belonged according to the law to the Levitical priests alone, to offer incense in the temple, for which he was punished with leprosy upon the spot (Kg2 15:5 compared with Ch2 26:16.). The king's leprosy is described in our account also as a punishment from God. יי ויננּע: Jehovah smote him, and he became leprous. This presupposes an act of guilt, and confirms the fuller account of this guilt given in the Chronicles, which Thenius, following the example of De Wette and Winer, could only call in question on the erroneous assumption "that the powerful king wanted to restore the regal high-priesthood exercised by David and Solomon" Oehler (Herzog's Cycl.) has already shown that such an opinion is perfectly "groundless," since it is nowhere stated that David and Solomon performed with their own hands the functions assigned in the law to the priests in connection with the offering of sacrifice, as the co-operation of the priests is not precluded in connection with the sacrifices presented by these kings (Sa2 6:17, and Kg1 3:4, etc.). - Uzziah being afflicted with leprosy, was obliged to live in a separate house, and appoint his son Jotham as president of the royal house to judge the people, i.e., to conduct the administration of the kingdom. - The time when this event occurred is not stated either in our account or in the Chronicles. But this punishment from God cannot have fallen upon him before the last ten years of his fifty-two years' reign, because his son, who was only twenty-five years old when his father died (Kg2 15:33, and Ch2 27:1), undertook the administration of the affairs of the kingdom at once, and therefore must have been at least fifteen years old. החפשׁית בּית is taken by Winer, Gesenius, and others, after the example of Iken, to signify nosocomium, an infirmary or lazar-house, in accordance with the verb Arab. xfs̆, fecit, II debilis, imbecillis fuit. But this meaning cannot be traced in Hebrew, where חפשׁי is used in no other sense than free, set at liberty, manumissus. Consequently the rendering adopted by Aquila is correct, οἶκος ἐλευθερίας; and the explanation given by Kimchi of this epithet is, that the persons who lived there were those who were sent away from human society, or perhaps more correctly, those who were released from the world and its privileges and duties, or cut off from intercourse with God and man. Kg2 15:7 When Uzziah died, he was buried with his fathers in the city of David, but because he died of leprosy, not in the royal family tomb, but, as the Chronicles (Kg2 15:23) add to complete the account, "in the burial-field of the kings;" so that he was probably buried in the earth according to our mode. His son Jotham did not become king till after Uzziah's death, as he had not been regent, but only the administrator of the affairs of the kingdom during his father's leprosy.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
To reign - Solely and fully to exercise his regal power.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam - Dr. Kennicott complains loudly here, because of "the corruption in the name of this king of Judah, who is expressed by four different names in this chapter: Ozriah, Oziah, Ozrihu, and Ozihu. Our oldest Hebrew MS. relieves us here by reading truly, in Kg2 15:1, Kg2 15:6, Kg2 15:7, עזיהו Uzziah, where the printed text is differently corrupted. This reading is called true, 1. Because it is supported by the Syriac and Arabic versions in these three verses. 2. Because the printed text itself has it so in Kg2 15:32, Kg2 15:34 of this very chapter. 3. Because it is so expressed in the parallel place in Chronicles; and, 4. Because it is not Αζαριας, Azariah, but Οζιας, Oziah, (Uzziah), in St. Matthew's genealogy." There are insuperable difficulties in the chronology of this place. The marginal note says, "This is the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam's partnership in the kingdom with his father, who made him consort at his going to the Syrian wars. It is the sixteenth year of Jeroboam's monarchy." Dr. Lightfoot endeavors to reconcile this place with Kg2 14:16, Kg2 14:17, thus: "At the death of Amaziah, his son and heir Uzziah was but four years old, for he was about sixteen in Jeroboam's twenty-seventh year; therefore, the throne must have been empty eleven years, and the government administered by protectors while Uzziah was in his minority." Learned men are not agreed concerning the mode of reconciling these differences; there is probably some mistake in the numbers. I must say to all the contending chronologers: - Non nostrum inter vos tantas componere lites. When such men disagree, I can't decide.

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²³ So Uzziah [05818] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and they buried [06912] him with his fathers [01] in the field [07704] of the burial [06900] which belonged to the kings [04428]; for they said [0559], He is a leper [06879]: and Jotham [03147] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.

³ And there were four [0702] leprous [06879] men [0582] at the entering in [06607] of the gate [08179]: and they said [0559] one [0376] to another [07453], Why sit [03427] we here until we die [04191]?

³³ Five [02568] and twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] was he when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] sixteen [08337] [06240] years [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Jerusha [03388], the daughter [01323] of Zadok [06659].

⁷ And thus shalt thou do [06213] unto them, to cleanse [02891] them: Sprinkle [05137] water [04325] of purifying [02403] upon them, and let them shave [08593] [05674] all their flesh [01320], and let them wash [03526] their clothes [0899], and so make themselves clean [02891].

¹ In the twenty [06242] [08141] and seventh [07651] year [08141] of Jeroboam [03379] king [04428] of Israel [03478] began Azariah [05838] son [01121] of Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063] to reign [04427].
² Sixteen [08337] [06240] years [08141] old [01121] was he when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] two [08147] and fifty [02572] years [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Jecholiah [03203] of Jerusalem [03389].
³ And he did [06213] that which was right [03477] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], according to all that his father [01] Amaziah [0558] had done [06213];
⁴ Save that the high places [01116] were not removed [05493]: the people [05971] sacrificed [02076] and burnt incense [06999] still on the high places [01116].
⁵ And the LORD [03068] smote [05060] the king [04428], so that he was a leper [06879] unto the day [03117] of his death [04194], and dwelt [03427] in a several [02669] house [01004]. And Jotham [03147] the king's [04428] son [01121] was over the house [01004], judging [08199] the people [05971] of the land [0776].
⁶ And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Azariah [05838], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
⁷ So Azariah [05838] slept [07901] with his fathers [01]; and they buried [06912] him with his fathers [01] in the city [05892] of David [01732]: and Jotham [03147] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.

²³ In the fiftieth [02572] [08141] year [08141] of Azariah [05838] king [04428] of Judah [03063] Pekahiah [06494] the son [01121] of Menahem [04505] began to reign [04427] over Israel [03478] in Samaria [08111], and reigned two years [08141].

⁷ So Azariah [05838] slept [07901] with his fathers [01]; and they buried [06912] him with his fathers [01] in the city [05892] of David [01732]: and Jotham [03147] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.

¹ Jotham [03147] was twenty [06242] and five [02568] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] sixteen [08337] [06240] years [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]. His mother's [0517] name [08034] also was Jerushah [03388], the daughter [01323] of Zadok [06659].

⁴ And the king [04428] went [03212] to Gibeon [01391] to sacrifice [02076] there; for that [01931] was the great [01419] high place [01116]: a thousand [0505] burnt offerings [05930] did Solomon [08010] offer [05927] upon that altar [04196].

¹⁷ And they brought [0935] in the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], and set [03322] it in his place [04725], in the midst [08432] of the tabernacle [0168] that David [01732] had pitched [05186] for it: and David [01732] offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] and peace offerings [08002] before [06440] the LORD [03068].

¹⁶ But when he was strong [02393], his heart [03820] was lifted up [01361] to his destruction [07843]: for he transgressed [04603] against the LORD [03068] his God [0430], and went [0935] into the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068] to burn incense [06999] upon the altar [04196] of incense [07004].

⁵ And the LORD [03068] smote [05060] the king [04428], so that he was a leper [06879] unto the day [03117] of his death [04194], and dwelt [03427] in a several [02669] house [01004]. And Jotham [03147] the king's [04428] son [01121] was over the house [01004], judging [08199] the people [05971] of the land [0776].

⁵ And he sought [01875] God [0430] in the days [03117] of Zechariah [02148], who had understanding [0995] in the visions [07200] of God [0430]: and as long as [03117] he sought [01875] the LORD [03068], God [0430] made him to prosper [06743].
⁶ And he went forth [03318] and warred [03898] against the Philistines [06430], and brake down [06555] the wall [02346] of Gath [01661], and the wall [02346] of Jabneh [02996], and the wall [02346] of Ashdod [0795], and built [01129] cities [05892] about Ashdod [0795], and among the Philistines [06430].
⁷ And God [0430] helped [05826] him against the Philistines [06430], and against the Arabians [06163] that dwelt [03427] in Gurbaal [01485], and the Mehunims [04586].
⁸ And the Ammonites [05984] gave [05414] gifts [04503] to Uzziah [05818]: and his name [08034] spread abroad [03212] even to the entering [0935] in of Egypt [04714]; for he strengthened [02388] himself exceedingly [04605].
⁹ Moreover Uzziah [05818] built [01129] towers [04026] in Jerusalem [03389] at the corner [06438] gate [08179], and at the valley [01516] gate [08179], and at the turning [04740] of the wall, and fortified [02388] them.
¹⁰ Also he built [01129] towers [04026] in the desert [04057], and digged [02672] many [07227] wells [0953]: for he had much [07227] cattle [04735], both in the low country [08219], and in the plains [04334]: husbandmen [0406] also, and vine dressers [03755] in the mountains [02022], and in Carmel [03760]: for he loved [0157] husbandry [0127].
¹¹ Moreover Uzziah [05818] had an host [02428] of fighting [04421] men [06213], that went out [03318] to war [06635] by bands [01416], according to the number [04557] of their account [06486] by the hand [03027] of Jeiel [03273] the scribe [05608] and Maaseiah [04641] the ruler [07860], under the hand [03027] of Hananiah [02608], one of the king's [04428] captains [08269].
¹² The whole number [04557] of the chief [07218] of the fathers [01] of the mighty men [01368] of valour [02428] were two thousand [0505] and six [08337] hundred [03967].
¹³ And under their hand [03027] was an army [02428] [06635], three [07969] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] and seven [07651] thousand [0505] and five [02568] hundred [03967], that made [06213] war [04421] with mighty [02428] power [03581], to help [05826] the king [04428] against the enemy [0341].
¹⁴ And Uzziah [05818] prepared [03559] for them throughout all the host [06635] shields [04043], and spears [07420], and helmets [03553], and habergeons [08302], and bows [07198], and slings [07050] to cast stones [068].
¹⁵ And he made [06213] in Jerusalem [03389] engines [02810], invented [04284] by cunning men [02803], to be on the towers [04026] and upon the bulwarks [06438], to shoot [03384] arrows [02671] and great [01419] stones [068] withal. And his name [08034] spread [03318] far abroad [07350]; for he was marvellously [06381] helped [05826], till [03588] he was strong [02388].

² Sixteen [08337] [06240] years [08141] old [01121] was he when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] two [08147] and fifty [02572] years [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Jecholiah [03203] of Jerusalem [03389].
³ And he did [06213] that which was right [03477] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], according to all that his father [01] Amaziah [0558] had done [06213];
⁴ Save that the high places [01116] were not removed [05493]: the people [05971] sacrificed [02076] and burnt incense [06999] still on the high places [01116].
⁵ And the LORD [03068] smote [05060] the king [04428], so that he was a leper [06879] unto the day [03117] of his death [04194], and dwelt [03427] in a several [02669] house [01004]. And Jotham [03147] the king's [04428] son [01121] was over the house [01004], judging [08199] the people [05971] of the land [0776].
⁶ And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Azariah [05838], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?

²¹ And all the people [05971] of Judah [03063] took [03947] Azariah [05838], which was sixteen [08337] [06240] years [08141] old [01121], and made him king [04427] instead of his father [01] Amaziah [0558].

²³ In the fifteenth [02568] [06240] [08141] year [08141] of Amaziah [0558] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] king [04428] of Judah [03063] Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] king [04428] of Israel [03478] began to reign [04427] in Samaria [08111], and reigned forty [0705] and one [0259] years [08141].

¹⁷ And Amaziah [0558] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] king [04428] of Judah [03063] lived [02421] after [0310] the death [04194] of Jehoash [03060] son [01121] of Jehoahaz [03059] king [04428] of Israel [03478] fifteen [02568] [06240] years [08141].

² He was twenty [06242] and five [02568] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427], and reigned [04427] twenty [06242] and nine [08672] years [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Jehoaddan [03086] of Jerusalem [03389].

¹⁶ And Jehoash [03060] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and was buried [06912] in Samaria [08111] with the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]; and Jeroboam [03379] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
¹⁷ And Amaziah [0558] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] king [04428] of Judah [03063] lived [02421] after [0310] the death [04194] of Jehoash [03060] son [01121] of Jehoahaz [03059] king [04428] of Israel [03478] fifteen [02568] [06240] years [08141].

³⁴ And he did [06213] that which was right [03477] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068]: he did [06213] according to all that his father [01] Uzziah [05818] had done [06213].

³² In the second [08147] year [08141] of Pekah [06492] the son [01121] of Remaliah [07425] king [04428] of Israel [03478] began Jotham [03147] the son [01121] of Uzziah [05818] king [04428] of Judah [03063] to reign [04427].

⁶ And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Azariah [05838], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?