Key Verse Spotlight
2 Chronicles 26:3 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Sixteen years old {was} Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also {was} Jecoliah of Jerusalem.”
2 Chronicles 26:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who {was} sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. {Uzziah: or, Azariah}
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Sixteen years old {was} Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also {was} Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
And he did {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. {in the visions...: Heb. in the seeing of God}
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