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¹ Then all the people of Judah tookCalled also Azariah.Uzziah, who [was] sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

² He builtHe fortified it and made it strong: this city was also called Elath and Elanon near the Red sea.Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

³ Sixteene yeere olde was Vzziah, when he began to reigne, & he reigned two and fiftie yere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Iecoliah of Ierusalem.

⁴ And hee did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, according to al that his father Amaziah did.

⁵ And he sought God in the days ofThis was not the Zechariah that was the son of Jehoiada, but some other prophet of that name.Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long asFor God never forsakes any who seek him, and therefore man is the cause of his own destruction.he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.

⁶ For he went forth and fought against the Philistims & brake downe the wall of Gath, and the wall of Iabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities in Ashdod, and among the Philistims.

⁷ And God helped him against ye Philistims, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal and Hammeunim.

⁸ And the Ammonites gaveThat is, they paid tribute in a sign of subjection.gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad [even] to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened [himself] exceedingly.

⁹ Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at theWhere the wall or tower turns.turning [of the wall], and fortified them.

¹⁰ Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen [also], and vine dressers in the mountains, and inThat is, in mount Carmel, or as the word signifies in the fruitful field, it is also taken for a green ear of corn when it is full, (Lev_2:14).Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

¹¹ Vzziah had also an hoste of fighting men that went out to warre by bandes, according to the count of their nomber vnder the hande of Ieiel the Scribe, and Maaseiah the ruler, and vnder the hand of Hananiah, one of the Kings captaines.

¹² The wholeOf the chief officers of the king's house, or of the captains and sergeants for war.number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour [were] two thousand and six hundred.

¹³ And vnder their hande was the armie for warre, three hundreth and seuen thousand, & fiue hundreth that fought valiantly to helpe the King against the enemie.

¹⁴ And Vzziah prepared them throughout all the hoste, shieldes, and speares, and helmets, and brigandines, and bowes, and stones to sling.

¹⁵ He made also very artificial engins in Ierusalem, to be vpon the towres and vpon the corners, to shoote arrowes and great stones: and his name spred farre abroade, because God did helpe him marueilously, till he was mightie.

¹⁶ But when he was strong, his heartThus prosperity causes men to trust in themselves and by forgetting him who is the author of it, procure their own punishment.was lifted up to [his] destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

¹⁷ And Azariah the Priest went in after him, and with him foure score Priests of the Lord, valiant men.

¹⁸ And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, [It appertaineth] not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense:Though his zeal seemed to be good and also his intention, yet because they were not governed by the word of God, he did wickedly and was therefore both justly resisted and also punished.go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither [shall it be] for thine honour from the LORD God.

¹⁹ Then Vzziah was wroth, and had incense in his hand to burne it: and while he was wroth with the Priestes, the leprosie rose vp in his forehead before the Priestes in the house of the Lord beside the incense altar.

²⁰ And wen Azariah the chiefe Priest with al the Priestes looked vpon him, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, & they caused him hastily to depart thence: and he was euen compelled to go out, because the Lord had smitten him.

²¹ And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in aAccording to the commandment of the Lord, (Lev_13:46).several 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.

²² Concerning the rest of the acts of Vzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the Prophet the sonne of Amoz write.

²³ So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which [belonged] to the kings; for they said, HeTherefore was buried apart in the same field but not in the same sepulchre with his predecessors.[is] a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.