What is the context?
The people make Uzziah king at sixteen, and he rebuilds Eloth and restores it to Judah. The summary gives his long reign and a favorable assessment of his conduct.
He seeks God during Zechariah’s instruction, and his success is related to that seeking. The account names the dependence before describing his growing power.
The later failure must be read with this beginning. The king’s strength is first received as help rather than presented as something he possesses independently.
How is this passage commonly understood?
2 Kings 14:21–22 and 15:1–7 describe the king called Azariah in those notices. Wesley presents the same basic relation between seeking God and success. The named Zechariah should not automatically be identified with the earlier murdered son of Jehoiada or the later prophet whose book bears that name.
What is our position?
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