Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 26:1
All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records a royal succession in Judah immediately following the death of King Amaziah. The collective body of Judah’s citizens actively installs the sixteen-year-old Uzziah as the new monarch.
The words — The verb וַ/יִּקְח֞וּ (va/i.yik.Chu) translates literally as "and they took," denoting the people's formal selection of Uzziah. The phrase כָּל־עַם (kol-'am) specifies that "all the people" participated in this transfer of authority.
The thread — This succession pattern echoes the people's choice of Ahaziah in 2 Chronicles 22:1 and parallels the account in 2 Kings 14:21. The lineage is also noted in Matthew 1:8, which lists Uzziah as a descendant of Joram.
Why it lands — The text establishes that royal legitimacy in Judah required popular acclamation, not merely dynastic claim. A reader must recognize that institutional continuity depends on communal action rather than isolated decree.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
Cross-references
- Matthew 1:8 Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
- 2 Chronicles 22:1 Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
- 2 Kings 14:21 Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Kings 15:1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
- 2 Chronicles 33:25 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.