Azariah. In the year of his death (649) Isaiah had his vision (Isaiah 6:1-9; John 12:4)), when the "voice" from the Temple prophesied the Dispersion (see the Structure of Isaiah). Uzziah had been driven from the Temple to. lazar house, when Isaiah saw the vision of the Temple in heaven.
slept with his fathers. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16.
Jotham. The first-named of the four kings in whose reigns Isaiah prophesied (Isaiah 1:1). Micah also began to prophesy and mourn over the coming dispersion of Israel.
in his stead. There had been an interregnum of eleven or twelve years.