26:1 And
all
the
people
of
Judah
took
Uzziah,
who
was
sixteen
years
old,
and
made
him
king
instead
of
his
father
Amaziah.
26:2 He
built
Eloth
and
restored
it
to
Judah,
after
the
king
slept
with
his
fathers.
26:3 Uzziah
was
sixteen
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
fifty-two
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother's
name
was
Jecoliah
of
Jerusalem.
26:4 And
he
did
what
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
the
LORD,
according
to
all
that
his
father
Amaziah
had
done.
26:5 He
set
himself
to
seek
God
in
the
days
of
Zechariah,
who
instructed
him
in
the
fear
of
God,
and
as
long
as
he
sought
the
LORD,
God
made
him
prosper.
26:6 He
went
out
and
made
war
against
the
Philistines
and
broke
through
the
wall
of
Gath
and
the
wall
of
Jabneh
and
the
wall
of
Ashdod,
and
he
built
cities
in
the
territory
of
Ashdod
and
elsewhere
among
the
Philistines.
26:7 God
helped
him
against
the
Philistines
and
against
the
Arabians
who
lived
in
Gurbaal
and
against
the
Meunites.
26:8 The
Ammonites
paid
tribute
to
Uzziah,
and
his
fame
spread
even
to
the
border
of
Egypt,
for
he
became
very
strong.
26:9 Moreover,
Uzziah
built
towers
in
Jerusalem
at
the
Corner
Gate
and
at
the
Valley
Gate
and
at
the
Angle,
and
fortified
them.
26:10 And
he
built
towers
in
the
wilderness
and
cut
out
many
cisterns,
for
he
had
large
herds,
both
in
the
Shephelah
and
in
the
plain,
and
he
had
farmers
and
vinedressers
in
the
hills
and
in
the
fertile
lands,
for
he
loved
the
soil.
26:11 Moreover,
Uzziah
had
an
army
of
soldiers,
fit
for
war,
in
divisions
according
to
the
numbers
in
the
muster
made
by
Jeiel
the
secretary
and
Maaseiah
the
officer,
under
the
direction
of
Hananiah,
one
of
the
king's
commanders.
26:12 The
whole
number
of
the
heads
of
fathers'
houses
of
mighty
men
of
valor
was
2,600.
26:13 Under
their
command
was
an
army
of
307,500,
who
could
make
war
with
mighty
power,
to
help
the
king
against
the
enemy.
26:14 And
Uzziah
prepared
for
all
the
army
shields,
spears,
helmets,
coats
of
mail,
bows,
and
stones
for
slinging.
26:15 In
Jerusalem
he
made
engines,
invented
by
skillful
men,
to
be
on
the
towers
and
the
corners,
to
shoot
arrows
and
great
stones.
And
his
fame
spread
far,
for
he
was
marvelously
helped,
till
he
was
strong.
26:16 But
when
he
was
strong,
he
grew
proud,
to
his
destruction.
For
he
was
unfaithful
to
the
LORD
his
God
and
entered
the
temple
of
the
LORD
to
burn
incense
on
the
altar
of
incense.
26:17 But
Azariah
the
priest
went
in
after
him,
with
eighty
priests
of
the
LORD
who
were
men
of
valor,
26:18 and
they
withstood
King
Uzziah
and
said
to
him,
"It
is
not
for
you,
Uzziah,
to
burn
incense
to
the
LORD,
but
for
the
priests,
the
sons
of
Aaron,
who
are
consecrated
to
burn
incense.
Go
out
of
the
sanctuary,
for
you
have
done
wrong,
and
it
will
bring
you
no
honor
from
the
LORD
God."
26:19 Then
Uzziah
was
angry.
Now
he
had
a
censer
in
his
hand
to
burn
incense,
and
when
he
became
angry
with
the
priests,
leprosy
broke
out
on
his
forehead
in
the
presence
of
the
priests
in
the
house
of
the
LORD,
by
the
altar
of
incense.
26:20 And
Azariah
the
chief
priest
and
all
the
priests
looked
at
him,
and
behold,
he
was
leprous
in
his
forehead!
And
they
rushed
him
out
quickly,
and
he
himself
hurried
to
go
out,
because
the
LORD
had
struck
him.
26:21 And
King
Uzziah
was
a
leper
to
the
day
of
his
death,
and
being
a
leper
lived
in
a
separate
house,
for
he
was
excluded
from
the
house
of
the
LORD.
And
Jotham
his
son
was
over
the
king's
household,
governing
the
people
of
the
land.
26:22 Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Uzziah,
from
first
to
last,
Isaiah
the
prophet
the
son
of
Amoz
wrote.
26:23 And
Uzziah
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
with
his
fathers
in
the
burial
field
that
belonged
to
the
kings,
for
they
said,
"He
is
a
leper."
And
Jotham
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
