1 Uzziah son of Amaziah began to rule over Judah in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Jeroboam II of Israel.
2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.
3 He did what was pleasing in the lord’s sight, just as his father, Amaziah, had done.
4 But he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.