Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, whowassixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Sixteen years oldwasUzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name alsowasJecoliah of Jerusalem.
And he didthat which wasright in the sight of theLORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought theLORD, God made him to prosper.
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 built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims.
And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroadevento the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthenedhimselfexceedingly.
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turningof the wall, and fortified them.
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmenalso, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah,oneof the king’s captains.
The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valourweretwo thousand and six hundred.
And under their handwasan army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slingsto caststones.
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up tohisdestruction: for he transgressed against theLORDhis God, and went into the temple of theLORDto burn incense upon the altar of incense.
And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of theLORD,that werevaliant men:
And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him,It appertainethnot unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto theLORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neithershall it befor thine honour from theLORDGod.
Then Uzziah was wroth, andhada censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of theLORD, from beside the incense altar.
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, hewasleprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because theLORDhad smitten him.
And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house,beinga leper; for he was cut off from the house of theLORD: and Jotham his sonwasover the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial whichbelongedto the kings; for they said, Heisa leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.