2Ki 15:1-3, … Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, became king. … he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. … AND HE DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done,
Like his father Azariah had a great start and DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN THE LORD’S SIGHT!
2Ki 15:5, Then the LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper until the day of his death; so he dwelt in an isolated house. …
2Ch 26:16, BUT WHEN HE WAS STRONG HIS HEART WAS LIFTED UP, TO HIS DESTRUCTION, FOR HE TRANSGRESSED AGAINST THE LORD HIS GOD BY ENTERING THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD TO BURN INCENSE ON THE ALTAR OF INCENSE.
Azariah, also known as Uzziah, was a great king over Judah, YET PRIDE LIFTED HIS HEART TO HIS RUIN! HE WANTED TO BE KING AND PRIEST! THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE KING AND PRIEST AND THAT’S THE LORD JESUS!
Isa 6:1, IN THE YEAR THAT KING UZZIAH DIED, I SAW THE LORD SITTING ON A THRONE, HIGH AND LIFTED UP, AND THE TRAIN OF HIS ROBE FILLED THE TEMPLE.
Uzziah was a great king, Yet the LORD showed Isaiah the true KING of kings and LORD of lords! NO MAN CAN EVER TAKE HIS PLACE, NO MAN CAN EVER FILL HIS SHOES; FOR HE IS HOLY, HOLY, HOLY AND THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY!
Psa 118:8, IT IS BETTER TO TRUST IN THE LORD THAN TO PUT CONFIDENCE IN MAN.