Azariah rested with his ancestors, and was buried with them in the City of David, and his son Jotham succeeded him as king. Reign of Zechariah of Israel.
King Uzziah remained a leper till the day he died. As a leper he lived in a house apart, for he was excluded from the house of the Lord. Therefore his son Jotham was master of the palace and ruled the people of the land.