Azariah. Called also Uzziah (2Ki_15:13, 2Ki_15:30, 2Ki_15:32; 2Ch_26:1. Isa_1:1; Isa_6:1. Hos_1:1. Amo_1:1. Zec_14:5). In Chronicles called Azariah (1Ch_3:12). These different names are common, having the same or similar meanings.
sixteen years: i.e. when "made" king. Only three years old at his father's death. See note on 2Ki_15:1.