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| 2 Chronicles 26:1 |
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And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who
was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:2 |
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He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after
that the king slept with his fathers. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:3 |
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Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to
reign; and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name
was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:4 |
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And he did that which was right in the eyes
of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:5 |
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And he set himself to seek God in the days of
Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought
Jehovah, God made him to prosper. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:6 |
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And he went forth and warred against the Philistines,
and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod;
and he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:7 |
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And God helped him against the Philistines,
and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:8 |
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And the Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah: and
his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt; for he waxed exceeding strong.
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| 2 Chronicles 26:9 |
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Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at
the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified
them. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:10 |
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And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed
out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain:
and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields;
for he loved husbandry. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:11 |
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Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men,
that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made
by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one
of the king's captains. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:12 |
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The whole number of the heads of fathers' houses,
even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:13 |
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And under their hand was an army, three hundred
thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power,
to help the king against the enemy. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:14 |
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And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the
host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones
for slinging. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:15 |
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And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by
skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, wherewith to shoot
arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously
helped, till he was strong. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:16 |
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But when he was strong, his heart was lifted
up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Jehovah his God; for he
went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:17 |
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And Azariah the priest went in after him, and
with him fourscore priests of Jehovah, that were valiant men: |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:18 |
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and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said
unto him, It pertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto Jehovah, but
to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out
of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honor
from Jehovah God. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:19 |
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Then Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in
his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy
brake forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside
the altar of incense. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:20 |
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And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests,
looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust
him out quickly from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because Jehovah
had smitten him. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:21 |
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And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day
of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off
from the house of Jehovah: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging
the people of the land. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:22 |
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Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and
last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:23 |
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So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried
him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they
said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. |
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