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All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
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A Popular, Orderly Succession
Commentators note that "all the people of Judah" chose Azariah, suggesting the conspiracy against his father was not a widespread rebellion. The transition was orderly and stable. Some scholars propose that the phrase "took Azariah" implies he was deliberately chosen, possibly as a military or popular favorite, perhaps even over older brothers.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
All the people of Judah - The words imply that the conspiracy was one in which the general population did not participate. There was no conf…
19th Century
Anglican
All the people of Judah. —Thenius explains, all the men of war, as in 2 Kings 13:7.
Took. —The …
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Reformed Baptist
And all the people of Judah took Azariah Called Uzziah in the next chapter, and so in the book of Chronicles; both n…
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Amaziah survived his conqueror fifteen years. He was slain by his own subjects. Azariah, or Uzziah, seems to have been very young when his father w…
