2 Tawarikh 26:1-2

Uzziah’s Reign

26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, ¹  who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place. 26:2 Uzziah ²  built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah ³  had passed away. ⁴ 

[26:1]  ¹ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”

[26:2]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Uzziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:2]  ³ tn Heb “after the king”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:2]  ⁴ tn “slept with his fathers.”