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.
5 The lord struck the king with leprosy, which lasted until the day he died. He lived in isolation in a separate house. The king’s son Jotham was put in charge of the royal palace, and he governed the people of the land.
6 The rest of the events in Uzziah’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.
7 When Uzziah died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. And his son Jotham became the next king.