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1 # Then all the people <05971> of Judah <03063> took <03947> (8799) Uzziah <05818>, who was sixteen <08337> <06240> years <08141> old <01121>, and made him king <04427> (8686) in the room of his father <01> Amaziah <0558>.
2 He built <01129> (8804) Eloth <0359>, and restored <07725> (8686) it to Judah <03063>, after <0310> that the king <04428> slept <07901> (8800) with his fathers <01>.
3 Sixteen <08337> <06240> years <08141> old <01121> was Uzziah <05818> when he began to reign <04427> (8800), and he reigned <04427> (8804) fifty <02572> and two <08147> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother's <0517> name <08034> also was Jecoliah <03203> of Jerusalem <03389>.
4 And he did <06213> (8799) that which was right <03477> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, according to all that his father <01> Amaziah <0558> did <06213> (8804).
5 And he sought <01875> (8800) God <0430> in the days <03117> of Zechariah <02148>, who had understanding <0995> (8688) in the visions <07200> (8800) of God <0430>: and as long as <03117> he sought <01875> (8800) the LORD <03068>, God <0430> made him to prosper <06743> (8689).
6 And he went forth <03318> (8799) and warred <03898> (8735) against the Philistines <06430>, and brake down <06555> (8799) the wall <02346> of Gath <01661>, and the wall <02346> of Jabneh <02996>, and the wall <02346> of Ashdod <0795>, and built <01129> (8799) cities <05892> about Ashdod <0795>, and among the Philistines <06430>.
7 And God <0430> helped <05826> (8799) him against the Philistines <06430>, and against the Arabians <06163> that dwelt <03427> (8802) in Gurbaal <01485>, and the Mehunims <04586>.
8 And the Ammonites <05984> gave <05414> (8799) gifts <04503> to Uzziah <05818>: and his name <08034> spread abroad <03212> (8799) even to the entering <0935> (8800) in of Egypt <04714>; for he strengthened <02388> (8689) himself exceedingly <04605>.
9 Moreover Uzziah <05818> built <01129> (8799) towers <04026> in Jerusalem <03389> at the corner <06438> gate <08179>, and at the valley <01516> gate <08179>, and at the turning <04740> of the wall, and fortified <02388> (8762) them.
10 Also he built <01129> (8799) towers <04026> in the desert <04057>, and digged <02672> (8799) many <07227> wells <0953>: for he had much <07227> cattle <04735>, both in the low country <08219>, and in the plains <04334>: husbandmen <0406> also, and vine dressers <03755> in the mountains <02022>, and in Carmel <03760>: for he loved <0157> (8802) husbandry <0127>.
11 Moreover Uzziah <05818> had an host <02428> of fighting <04421> men <06213> (8802), that went out <03318> (8802) to war <06635> by bands <01416>, according to the number <04557> of their account <06486> by the hand <03027> of Jeiel <03273> the scribe <05608> (8802) and Maaseiah <04641> the ruler <07860> (8802), under the hand <03027> of Hananiah <02608>, one of the king's <04428> captains <08269>.
12 The whole number <04557> of the chief <07218> of the fathers <01> of the mighty men <01368> of valour <02428> were two thousand <0505> and six <08337> hundred <03967>.
13 And under their hand <03027> was an army <02428> <06635>, three <07969> hundred <03967> thousand <0505> and seven <07651> thousand <0505> and five <02568> hundred <03967>, that made <06213> (8802) war <04421> with mighty <02428> power <03581>, to help <05826> (8800) the king <04428> against the enemy <0341> (8802).
14 And Uzziah <05818> prepared <03559> (8686) for them throughout all the host <06635> shields <04043>, and spears <07420>, and helmets <03553>, and habergeons <08302>, and bows <07198>, and slings <07050> to cast stones <068>.
15 And he made <06213> (8799) in Jerusalem <03389> engines <02810>, invented <04284> by cunning men <02803> (8802), to be on the towers <04026> and upon the bulwarks <06438>, to shoot <03384> (8800) arrows <02671> and great <01419> stones <068> withal. And his name <08034> spread <03318> (8799) far abroad <07350>; for he was marvellously <06381> (8689) helped <05826> (8736), till <03588> he was strong <02388> (8804).
16 # But when he was strong <02393>, his heart <03820> was lifted up <01361> (8804) to his destruction <07843> (8687): for he transgressed <04603> (8799) against the LORD <03068> his God <0430>, and went <0935> (8799) into the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068> to burn incense <06999> (8687) upon the altar <04196> of incense <07004>.
17 And Azariah <05838> the priest <03548> went in <0935> (8799) after <0310> him, and with him fourscore <08084> priests <03548> of the LORD <03068>, that were valiant <02428> men <01121>:
18 And they withstood <05975> (8799) Uzziah <05818> the king <04428>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah <05818>, to burn incense <06999> (8687) unto the LORD <03068>, but to the priests <03548> the sons <01121> of Aaron <0175>, that are consecrated <06942> (8794) to burn incense <06999> (8687): go out <03318> (8798) of the sanctuary <04720>; for thou hast trespassed <04603> (8804); neither shall it be for thine honour <03519> from the LORD <03068> God <0430>.
19 Then Uzziah <05818> was wroth <02196> (8799), and had a censer <04730> in his hand <03027> to burn incense <06999> (8687): and while he was wroth <02196> (8800) with the priests <03548>, the leprosy <06883> even rose up <02224> (8804) in his forehead <04696> before <06440> the priests <03548> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, from beside the incense <07004> altar <04196>.
20 And Azariah <05838> the chief <07218> priest <03548>, and all the priests <03548>, looked <06437> (8799) upon him, and, behold, he was leprous <06879> (8794) in his forehead <04696>, and they thrust him out <0926> (8686) from thence; yea, himself hasted <01765> (8738) also to go out <03318> (8800), because the LORD <03068> had smitten <05060> (8765) him.
21 And Uzziah <05818> the king <04428> was a leper <06879> (8794) unto the day <03117> of his death <04194> , and dwelt in <03427> (8799) a several <02669> (8675) <02669> house <01004>, being a leper <06879> (8794); for he was cut off <01504> (8738) from the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>: and Jotham <03147> his son <01121> was over the king's <04428> house <01004>, judging <08199> (8802) the people <05971> of the land <0776>.
22 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Uzziah <05818>, first <07223> and last <0314>, did Isaiah <03470> the prophet <05030>, the son <01121> of Amoz <0531>, write <03789> (8804).
23 So Uzziah <05818> slept <07901> (8799) with his fathers <01>, and they buried <06912> (8799) him with his fathers <01> in the field <07704> of the burial <06900> which belonged to the kings <04428>; for they said <0559> (8804), He is a leper <06879> (8794): and Jotham <03147> his son <01121> reigned <04427> (8799) in his stead.