3 Following the example of his father, he did what was pleasing to the Lord.
4 But the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
5 The Lord struck Uzziah with a dreaded skin disease that stayed with him the rest of his life. He lived in a separate house, relieved of all duties, while his son Jotham governed the country.
6 Everything else that Uzziah did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.
7 Uzziah died and was buried in the royal burial ground in David's City, and his son Jotham succeeded him as king.
8 In the thirty-eighth year of the reign of King Uzziah of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam II became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for six months.
9 He, like his predecessors, sinned against the Lord. He followed the wicked example of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.