2 Chronicles 26:2-4

26:2 Uzziah ¹  built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah ²  had passed away. ³ 

26:3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. ⁴  His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem. 26:4 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Uzziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

³ tn “slept with his fathers.”

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁷ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Amaziah his father had done.”