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7. Azariah slept. Isaiah received his vision of God in the year of Azariah’s death (see on v. 1; cf. Isa. 6:1, 8).

A few years ago a well-carved stone slab was found at Jerusalem which bears the inscription, “Hither were brought the bones of Uzziah [Azariah], king of Judah. Not to be opened!” Since the inscription is written in the Aramaic square script in use at the time of Christ, the slab must have been prepared at that time. It probably marked the spot to which Uzziah’s bones were taken after his original tomb had been looted and had otherwise fallen into ruin.