Azariah

Azariah, just sixteen years old, is installed as king of Judah after his father Amaziah's assassination — his early act of rebuilding the port city of Elath signaling an immediate effort at restoration.

Azariah is introduced as the Judean king whose fifty-two-year reign opens the chapter — faithful overall, but unable or unwilling to remove the High Places that kept drawing people away from pure worship.

Azariah son of Oded is seized by the Holy Spirit and intercepts King Asa with a direct, unscheduled prophetic message about the conditional nature of God's presence and the reward awaiting courageous reform.