2Chr 26
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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.
2
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
3
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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And he did that which was right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his father
Amaziah had done.
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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 YHWH, God made him to prosper.
6
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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And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in
Gur-baal, and the Meunim.
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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.
9
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.
10
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.
11
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.
12
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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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.
14
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.
15
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful 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.
16
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he
trespassed against YHWH his God; for he went into the temple of YHWH to burn incense
upon the altar of incense.
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And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of YHWH,
that were valiant men:
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and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said to him, It pertains not to you, Uzziah,
to burn incense to YHWH, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated
to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for you have trespassed; neither shall it
be for your honor from YHWH God.
19
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 YHWH, beside the altar of incense.
20
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 there; yea, himself
hasted also to go out, because YHWH had smitten him.
21
And Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house,
being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of YHWH: and Jotham his son was over
the king`s house, judging the people of the land.
22
Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son
of Amoz, write.
23
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.