2 Kings 15:1

REIGN OF AZARIAH, [UZZIAH,] KING OF JUDAH, 2 Kings 15:1-7.

1. The twenty and seventh year This is probably an error in the text. For if Amaziah reigned twenty-nine years, (2 Kings 14:2,) and outlived Jeroboam’s father fifteen years, (2 Kings 14:17,) he must have reigned fourteen years before Jeroboam attained the throne. Hence it appears that Azariah began… to reign in the fifteenth or sixteenth, instead of the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam. Some, however, understand that these twenty-seven years of Jeroboam include twelve years of partnership with his father Joash, as expressed in the margin. Others suppose an interregnum of eleven years between Amaziah’s death and Azariah’s succession. But neither of these suppositions are satisfactory. Keil plausibly suggests that the error in the text originated with some ancient copyist, who mistook שׂו , (15,) for כז , (27.) The name Azariah is variously written Azariahu, (Hebrews, 2 Kings 15:6-7;) Uzziah, (2 Kings 15:13; 2 Kings 15:30;) Uzziahu, (Hebrews, 2 Kings 15:32.) Some of these changes, if not all, have doubtless arisen, as Gesenius supposes, from the error of copyists. Uzziah is the more common form.