Uzziah

King of Judah · 810–759 BC

Also called Azariah

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His Reign

Reigned
two and fifty years 2 Kings 15:2
Began to Reign
Sixteen years old 2 Kings 15:2
Began
in Jeroboam II’s 27th year 2 Kings 15:1
His Mother
Jecholiah 2 Kings 15:2
Before Him
Amaziah
After Him
Jotham

In the Sight of the LORD

“he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD” 2 Kings 15:3

Ussher’s Years

Reigned 810–759 BC
“after whom came Uzzia, or Azaria, in the 27 year of Jeroboam”

Ussher counts Jeroboam's twenty and seventh year (2 Kings 15:1) from when Jeroboam began to reign beside his father Joash.

Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed.

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