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Uzziah
Succeeds Amaziah in Judah |
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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 place 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
the king slept with his fathers. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:3 |
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Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became
king, and he reigned fifty-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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He did right in the sight of the LORD according
to all that his father Amaziah had done. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:5 |
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He continued to seek God in the days of Zechariah,
who had understanding through the vision of God; and as long as he sought the
LORD, God prospered him. |
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Uzziah
Succeeds in War |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:6 |
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Now he went out and warred against the Philistines,
and broke down the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod;
and he built cities in the area of Ashdod and among the Philistines. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:7 |
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God helped him against the Philistines, and
against the Arabians who lived in Gur-baal, and the Meunites. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:8 |
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The Ammonites also gave tribute to Uzziah,
and his fame extended to the border of Egypt, for he became very 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 corner buttress and fortified
them. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:10 |
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He built towers in the wilderness and hewed
many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the lowland and in the plain.
He also had plowmen and vinedressers in the hill country and the fertile fields,
for he loved the soil. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:11 |
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Moreover, Uzziah had an army ready for battle,
which entered combat by divisions according to the number of their muster, prepared
by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the official, under the direction of Hananiah,
one of the king's officers. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:12 |
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The total number of the heads of the households,
of valiant warriors, was 2,600. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:13 |
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Under their direction was an elite army of 307,500,
who could wage war with great power, to help the king against the enemy. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:14 |
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Moreover, Uzziah prepared for all the army
shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows and sling stones. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:15 |
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In Jerusalem he made engines of war invented
by skillful men to be on the towers and on the corners for the purpose of shooting
arrows and great stones. Hence his fame spread afar, for he was marvelously helped
until he was strong. |
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Pride
Is Uzziah's Undoing |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:16 |
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But when he became strong, his heart was so
proud that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for
he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:17 |
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Then Azariah the priest entered after him and
with him eighty priests of the LORD, valiant men. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:18 |
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They opposed Uzziah the king and said to him,
"It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests,
the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary,
for you have been unfaithful and will have no honor from the LORD God." |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:19 |
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But Uzziah, with a censer in his hand for burning
incense, was enraged; and while he was enraged with the priests, the leprosy broke
out on his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the altar
of incense. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:20 |
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Azariah the chief priest and all the priests
looked at him, and behold, he was leprous on his forehead; and they hurried him
out of there, and he himself also hastened to get out because the LORD had smitten
him. |
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| 2 Chronicles 26:21 |
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King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death;
and he lived in a separate house, being a leper, for he was cut off from the house
of the LORD. 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 to
last, the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, has written. |
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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 the grave which belonged to the kings, for
they said, "He is a leper." And Jotham his son became king in his place. |
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