26:1 And
all
the
people
of
Judah
took
Uzziah,
who
was
sixteen
years
old,
and
made
him
king
in
the
room
of
his
father
Amaziah.
26:2 He
built
Eloth,
and
restored
it
to
Judah,
after
that
the
king
slept
with
his
fathers.
26:3 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.
26:4 And
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah,
according
to
all
that
his
father
Amaziah
had
done.
26:5 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
Jehovah,
God
made
him
to
prosper.
26:6 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.
26:7 And
God
helped
him
against
the
Philistines,
and
against
the
Arabians
that
dwelt
in
Gur-baal,
and
the
Meunim.
26:8 And
the
Ammonites
gave
tribute
to
Uzziah:
and
his
name
spread
abroad
even
to
the
entrance
of
Egypt;
for
he
waxed
exceeding
strong.
26:9 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.
26:10 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.
26:11 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.
26:12 The
whole
number
of
the
heads
of
fathers'
[houses],
even
the
mighty
men
of
valor,
was
two
thousand
and
six
hundred.
26:13 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.
26:14 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.
26:15 And
he
made
in
Jerusalem
engines,
invented
by
skilful
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.
26:16 But
when
he
was
strong,
his
heart
was
lifted
up,
so
that
he
did
corruptly,
and
he
trespassed
against
Jehovah
his
God;
for
he
went
into
the
temple
of
Jehovah
to
burn
incense
upon
the
altar
of
incense.
26:17 And
Azariah
the
priest
went
in
after
him,
and
with
him
fourscore
priests
of
Jehovah,
that
were
valiant
men:
26:18 and
they
withstood
Uzziah
the
king,
and
said
unto
him,
It
pertaineth
not
unto
thee,
Uzziah,
to
burn
incense
unto
Jehovah,
but
to
the
priests
the
sons
of
Aaron,
that
are
consecrated
to
burn
incense:
go
out
of
the
sanctuary;
for
thou
hast
trespassed;
neither
shall
it
be
for
thine
honor
from
Jehovah
God.
26:19 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
Jehovah,
beside
the
altar
of
incense.
26:20 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
thence;
yea,
himself
hasted
also
to
go
out,
because
Jehovah
had
smitten
him.
26:21 And
Uzziah
the
king
was
a
leper
unto
the
day
of
his
death,
and
dwelt
in
a
separate
house,
being
a
leper;
for
he
was
cut
off
from
the
house
of
Jehovah:
and
Jotham
his
son
was
over
the
king's
house,
judging
the
people
of
the
land.
26:22 Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Uzziah,
first
and
last,
did
Isaiah
the
prophet,
the
son
of
Amoz,
write.
26:23 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.
