2Chronicles 26

1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:1

2 He built Eilat, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:2

3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jecoliah, of Jerusalem.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:3

4 He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:4

5 He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the fear of God, and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:5

6 He went forth 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 country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:6

7 God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur Baal, and the Meunites.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:7

8 The Meunites gave tribute to Uzziah, and his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt; for he grew exceeding strong.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:8

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.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:9

10 He built towers in the wilderness, and dug out many cisterns, for he had many cattle; in the Shephelah and in the plain he had farmers, and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile fields, for he loved the land.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:10

11 Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, who 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.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:11

12 The whole number of the heads of ancestral houses, even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:12

13 Under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, who made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:13

14 Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:14

15 He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, until he was strong.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:15

16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against the LORD his God; for he went into the LORD's temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:16

17 Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of the LORD, who were valiant men:NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:17

18 and they resisted Uzziah the king, and said to him, "It isn't for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests the descendants of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary; for you have trespassed; neither shall it be for your honor from the LORD God."NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:18

19 Then Uzziah was angry; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy broke forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the altar of incense.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:19

20 Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked on him, and look, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from there; yes, himself hurried also to go out, because the LORD had struck him.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:20

21 Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and 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.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:21

22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, wrote.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:22

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." Jotham his son reigned in his place.NHEB — 2Chronicles 26:23