And all the people{H5971} of Judah{H3063} took{H3947} Uzziah,{H5818} who was sixteen{H8337} years{H8141} old,{H1121} and made him king{H4427} in the room of his father{H1} Amaziah.{H558}

He built{H1129} Eloth,{H359} and restored{H7725} it to Judah,{H3063} after{H310} that the king{H4428} slept{H7901} with his fathers.{H1}

Sixteen{H8337} years{H8141} old{H1121} was Uzziah{H5818} when he began to reign;{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} fifty{H2572} and two{H8147} years{H8141} in Jerusalem:{H3389} and his mother's{H517} name{H8034} was Jechiliah,{H3203} of Jerusalem.{H3389}

And he did{H6213} that which was right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} according to all that his father{H1} Amaziah{H558} had done.{H6213}

And he set himself to seek{H1875} God{H430} in the days{H3117} of Zechariah,{H2148} who had understanding{H995} in the vision{H7200} of God:{H430} and as{H3117} long as he sought{H1875} Jehovah,{H3068} God{H430} made him to prosper.{H6743}

And he went forth{H3318} and warred{H3898} against the Philistines,{H6430} and brake down{H6555} the wall{H2346} of Gath,{H1661} and the wall{H2346} of Jabneh,{H2996} and the wall{H2346} of Ashdod;{H795} and he built{H1129} cities{H5892} in [the country of] Ashdod,{H795} and among the Philistines.{H6430}

And God{H430} helped{H5826} him against the Philistines,{H6430} and against the Arabians{H6163} that dwelt{H3427} in Gur-baal,{H1485} and the Meunim.{H4586}

And the Ammonites{H5984} gave{H5414} tribute{H4503} to Uzziah:{H5818} and his name{H8034} spread abroad{H3212} even to the entrance{H935} of Egypt;{H4714} for he waxed exceeding{H4605} strong.{H2388}

Moreover Uzziah{H5818} built{H1129} towers{H4026} in Jerusalem{H3389} at the corner{H6438} gate,{H8179} and at the valley{H1516} gate,{H8179} and at the turning{H4740} [of the wall], and fortified{H2388} them.

And he built{H1129} towers{H4026} in the wilderness,{H4057} and hewed{H2672} out many{H7227} cisterns,{H953} for he had much{H7227} cattle;{H4735} in the lowland{H8219} also, and in the plain:{H4334} [and he had] husbandmen{H406} and vinedressers{H3755} in the mountains{H2022} and in the fruitful fields;{H3760} for he loved{H157} husbandry.{H127}

Moreover Uzziah{H5818} had an army{H2428} of fighting{H4421} men,{H6213} that went out{H3318} to war{H6635} by bands,{H1416} according to the number{H4557} of their reckoning{H6486} made by{H3027} Jeiel{H3273} the scribe{H5608} and Maaseiah{H4641} the officer,{H7860} under the hand{H3027} of Hananiah,{H2608} one of the king's{H4428} captains.{H8269}

The whole number{H4557} of the heads{H7218} of fathers'{H1} [houses], even the mighty men{H1368} of valor,{H2428} was two thousand{H505} and six{H8337} hundred.{H3967}

And under their hand{H3027} was an army,{H2428} three{H7969} hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} and seven{H7651} thousand{H505} and five{H2568} hundred,{H3967} that made{H6213} war{H4421} with mighty{H2428} power,{H3581} to help{H5826} the king{H4428} against the enemy.{H341}

And Uzziah{H5818} prepared{H3559} for them, even for all the host,{H6635} shields,{H4043} and spears,{H7420} and helmets,{H3553} and coats of mail,{H8302} and bows,{H7198} and stones{H68} for slinging.{H7050}

And he made{H6213} in Jerusalem{H3389} engines,{H2810} invented{H4284} by skilful men,{H2803} to be on the towers{H4026} and upon the battlements,{H6438} wherewith to shoot{H3384} arrows{H2671} and great{H1419} stones.{H68} And his name{H8034} spread{H3318} far abroad;{H7350} for he was marvellously{H6381} helped,{H5826} till{H3588} he was strong.{H2388}

But when he was strong,{H2393} his heart{H3820} was lifted up,{H1361} so that he did corruptly,{H7843} and he trespassed{H4603} against Jehovah{H3068} his God;{H430} for he went{H935} into the temple{H1964} of Jehovah{H3068} to burn incense{H6999} upon the altar{H4196} of incense.{H6999}

And Azariah{H5838} the priest{H3548} went in{H935} after{H310} him, and with him fourscore{H8084} priests{H3548} of Jehovah,{H3068} that were valiant{H2428} men:{H1121}

and they withstood{H5975} Uzziah{H5818} the king,{H4428} and said{H559} unto him, It pertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah,{H5818} to burn incense{H6999} unto Jehovah,{H3068} but to the priests{H3548} the sons{H1121} of Aaron,{H175} that are consecrated{H6942} to burn incense:{H6999} go out{H3318} of the sanctuary;{H4720} for thou hast trespassed;{H4603} neither shall it be for thine honor{H3519} from Jehovah{H3068} God.{H430}

Then Uzziah{H5818} was wroth;{H2196} and he had a censer{H4730} in his hand{H3027} to burn incense;{H6999} and while he was wroth{H2196} with the priests,{H3548} the leprosy{H6883} brake forth{H2224} in his forehead{H4696} before{H6440} the priests{H3548} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} beside the altar{H4196} of incense.{H7004}

And Azariah{H5838} the chief{H7218} priest,{H3548} and all the priests,{H3548} looked{H6437} upon him, and, behold, he was leprous{H6879} in his forehead,{H4696} and they thrust him out{H926} quickly from thence; yea, himself hasted{H1765} also to go out,{H3318} because Jehovah{H3068} had smitten{H5060} him.

And Uzziah{H5818} the king{H4428} was a leper{H6879} unto the day{H3117} of his death,{H4194} and dwelt in{H3427} a separate{H2669} house,{H1004} being a leper;{H6879} for he was cut off{H1504} from the house{H1004} of Jehovah:{H3068} and Jotham{H3147} his son{H1121} was over the king's{H4428} house,{H1004} judging{H8199} the people{H5971} of the land.{H776}

Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Uzziah,{H5818} first{H7223} and last,{H314} did Isaiah{H3470} the prophet,{H5030} the son{H1121} of Amoz,{H531} write.{H3789}

So Uzziah{H5818} slept{H7901} with his fathers;{H1} and they buried{H6912} him with his fathers{H1} in the field{H7704} of burial{H6900} which belonged to the kings;{H4428} for they said,{H559} He is a leper:{H6879} and Jotham{H3147} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427} in his stead.