Also called Azariah, "the LORD has helped" (2 Kings 15:1).
About
King of Judah, son of Amaziah, called Azariah in 2 Kings. The people made him king at sixteen, and he reigned fifty-two years. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. Chronicles tells that he sought God in the days of Zechariah and prospered, defeated the Philistines, and fortified Jerusalem. When he was strong his heart was lifted up. He entered the temple to burn incense, the priests withstood him, and leprosy broke out on his forehead. He lived as a leper in a separate house until he died, while his son Jotham governed. Isaiah saw the Lord enthroned in the year Uzziah died.
Relationships
FatherAmaziahFather, in whose place the people made Uzziah king
SonJothamSon, who judged the people while Uzziah was a leper
ContemporaryIsaiahProphet who saw the Lord enthroned in the year Uzziah died
Key Scripture AppearancesKJV
2 Chronicles 26:5
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.2 Chronicles 26:5, KJV
2 Chronicles 26:16
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.2 Chronicles 26:16, KJV
2 Chronicles 26:19
Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.2 Chronicles 26:19, KJV
2 Kings 15:5
And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land.2 Kings 15:5, KJV
Isaiah 6:1
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.Isaiah 6:1, KJV
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