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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:3

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done . Josephus uses still stronger expressions. "Azariah was," he says ( l.s.c. ), "a good king, naturally just and high-minded, and indefatigable in his administration of affairs." According to the author of Chronicles ( 2 Chronicles 26:5 ), he "sought God in the days of Zechariah." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 15:4

Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places . read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 15:3-4

2 Kings 15:3-4. According to all that his father had done Like him beginning well, but not persevering. Save that It should rather be read, howbeit, or nevertheless, (as in 2 Kings 14:4,) the high places were not removed That irregularity, in the mode and place of worship, still continued. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 15:1-7

Click image for full-size versionAn era of prosperity (14:23-15:7)During the long reigns of Jeroboam II in the north and Azariah (or Uzziah) in the south, Israel and Judah experienced political stability and economic development such as they had not known since the days of David and Solomon. This was possible partly because political conditions in the region were favourable to Israel and Judah.Syria had been used by God to punish Israel for its sins in following Baal. With the death of Hazael,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 15:3

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . according to all: i.e. he began well, but see 2 Chronicles 26:3-23 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 15:4

Save that. Compare 1 Kings 12:31 . read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 15:1-7

8. Azariah’s good reign in Judah 15:1-7Most Bible students know Azariah by his other name, Uzziah (2 Kings 15:13; 2 Kings 15:30; 2 Kings 15:32; 2 Kings 15:34; 2 Chronicles 26; Isaiah 1:1; Hosea 1:1, Amos 1:1; Zechariah 14:5; et al.). His 52-year reign (790-739 B.C.) was longer than any other king of Judah or Israel so far. King Manasseh reigned the longest in Judah (55 years), and Azariah was second. Azariah reigned while seven of the last eight kings of the Northern Kingdom ruled, all but the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 15:1-38

Sundry brief AnnalsThis chapter relates the reigns of Azariah and Jotham of Judah, and of Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah of Israel.1. In the twenty and seventh year] Since Jeroboam came to the throne in the fifteenth year of Amaziah (2 Kings 14:23), and Amaziah only reigned 29 years (2 Kings 14:2), his son must have succeeded him in Jeroboam’s fifteenth year. Azariah in 2 Kings 15:13, 2 Kings 15:30 is called Uzziah.5. The Lord smote the king] For the reason see 2 Chronicles... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 15:3

(3) And he did that which was right.—This statement is repeated word for word in Chronicles. Its exact meaning here, as in other instances, is that Azariah supported the legitimate worship, and lent his countenance to no foreign cultus. When the chronicler adds that he “sought God in the days of (the prophet) Zachariah,” and that “as long as he sought Jehovah, God made him to prosper,” he does not contradict the preceding general estimate of the king’s religious policy, but simply gives... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 15:1-7

AZARIAH-UZZIAHB.C. 783 (?)- 737JOTHAMB.C. 737-7352 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Kings 15:32-38"This is vanity, and it is a sore sickness."- Ecclesiastes 6:2.BEFORE we watch the last "glimmerings and decays" of the Northern Kingdom, we must once more revert to the fortunes of the House of David. Judah partook of the better fortunes of Israel. She, too, enjoyed the respite caused by the crippling of the power of Syria, and the cessation from aggression of the Assyrian kings, who, for a century, were either... read more