1 Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah in Jeroboam's twenty-seventh year as king of Israel.
2 He was only 16 years old when he became king, and he ruled 52 years from Jerusalem, which was also the hometown of his mother Jecoliah.
3 Azariah obeyed the Lord by doing right, as his father Amaziah had done.
4 But Azariah did not destroy the local shrines, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices.