And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

All the people of Judah took Azariah - or Uzziah (2 Kings 15:30; 2 Chronicles 26:1). The popular opposition had been personally directed against Amaziah, as the author of their calamities, but it was not extended to his family or heir.

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