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2 Kings 15:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham, the king’s son, was over the household, judging the people of the land. "
2 Kings 15:5
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3 He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
4 However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
5 The LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham, the king’s son, was over the household, judging the people of the land.
6 Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
7 Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in David’s city; and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
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2 Kings 15:1
"In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign."
2 Kings 15:2
"He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem."
2 Kings 15:3
"He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done."
2 Kings 15:4
"However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places."
2 Kings 15:6
"Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
2 Kings 15:7
"Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in David’s city; and Jotham his son reigned in his place."
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