<vn='1'>Then <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5818">Uzziah</s>, <sn="1931">who</s> was <sn="8337 6240">sixteen</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s>, and made him <sn="4427 *853">king</s> in the room <sn="8478">of</s> his <sn="1">father</s><sn="558">Amaziah</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1931">He</s><sn="1129">built</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="359">Eloth</s>, and <sn="7725">restored</s> it to <sn="3063">Judah</s>, after <sn="310">that</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="8337 6240">Sixteen</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> was <sn="5818">Uzziah</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="2572">fifty</s> and <sn="8147">two</s><sn="8141">years</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. His <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s> also was <sn="3203">Jecoliah</s><sn="4480">of</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And he <sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="3477">right</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> his <sn="1">father</s><sn="558">Amaziah</s><sn="6213">did</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And he <sn="1961 1875">sought</s><sn="430">God</s> in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="2148">Zechariah</s>, who had <sn="995">understanding</s> in the <sn="7200">visions</s> of <sn="430">God</s>: and as long <sn="3117">as</s> he <sn="1875">sought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="430">God</s> made him to <sn="6743">prosper</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And he went <sn="3318">forth</s> and <sn="3898">warred</s> against the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, and broke <sn="6555">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2346">wall</s> of <sn="1661">Gath</s>, and the <sn="2346">wall</s> of <sn="2996">Jabneh</s>, and the <sn="2346">wall</s> of <sn="795">Ashdod</s>, and <sn="1129">built</s><sn="5892">cities</s> about <sn="795">Ashdod</s>, and among the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="430">God</s><sn="5826">helped</s> him <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, and <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="6163">Arabians</s> that <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in <sn="1485">Gur</s> -baal, and the <sn="4586">Mehunims</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And the <sn="5984">Ammonites</s><sn="5414">gave</s><sn="4503">gifts</s> to <sn="5818">Uzziah</s>: and his <sn="8034">name</s> spread <sn="1980">abroad</s> even <sn="5704">to</s> the entering <sn="935">in</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="2388">strengthened</s> himself <sn="5704 4605">exceedingly</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Moreover <sn="5818">Uzziah</s><sn="1129">built</s><sn="4026">towers</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="5921">at</s> the <sn="6438">corner</s><sn="8179">gate</s>, and <sn="5921">at</s> the <sn="1516">valley</s><sn="8179">gate</s>, and <sn="5921">at</s> the <sn="4740">turning</s> of the wall, and <sn="2388">fortified</s> them. </v>
<vn='10'>Also he <sn="1129">built</s><sn="4026">towers</s> in the <sn="4057">desert</s>, and <sn="2672">digged</s><sn="7227">many</s><sn="953">wells</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="1961">had</s><sn="7227">much</s><sn="4735">cattle</s>, both in the low <sn="8219">country</s>, and in the <sn="4334">plains</s>: <sn="406">husbandmen</s> also, and <sn="3755">vinedressers</s> in the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, and in <sn="3760">Carmel</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="1961 157">loved</s><sn="127">husbandry</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Moreover <sn="5818">Uzziah</s><sn="1961">had</s> a <sn="2428">host</s> of fighting <sn="6213 4421">men</s>, that went <sn="3318">out</s> to <sn="6635">war</s> by <sn="1416">bands</s>, according to the <sn="4557">number</s> of their <sn="6486">account</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="3273">Jeiel</s> the <sn="5608">scribe</s> and <sn="4641">Maaseiah</s> the <sn="7860">ruler</s>, <sn="5921">under</s> the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="2608">Hananiah</s>, one of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="4480 8269">captains</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>The <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="4557">number</s> of the <sn="7218">chief</s> of the <sn="1">fathers</s> of the mighty <sn="1368">men</s> of <sn="2428">valor</s> were two <sn="505">thousand</s> and <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="5921">under</s> their <sn="3027">hand</s> was an <sn="2428 6635">army</s>, <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="505">thousand</s> and <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="505">thousand</s> and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="3967">hundred</s>, that <sn="6213">made</s><sn="4421">war</s> with <sn="2428">mighty</s><sn="3581">power</s>, to <sn="5826">help</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="341">enemy</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="5818">Uzziah</s><sn="3559">prepared</s> for them throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6635">host</s><sn="4043">shields</s>, and <sn="7420">spears</s>, and <sn="3553">helmets</s>, and <sn="8302">habergeons</s>, and <sn="7198">bows</s>, and <sn="7050">slings</s> to cast <sn="68">stones</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And he <sn="6213">made</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="2810">engines</s>, <sn="4284">invented</s> by cunning <sn="2803">men</s>, to <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="4026">towers</s> and <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="6438">bulwarks</s>, to <sn="3384">shoot</s><sn="2671">arrows</s> and <sn="1419">great</s><sn="68">stones</s> withal. And his <sn="8034">name</s><sn="3318">spread</s> far <sn="5704 4480 7350">abroad</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> he was <sn="6381">marvelously</s><sn="5826">helped</s>, <sn="5704 3588">till</s> he was <sn="2388">strong</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>But when he was <sn="2394">strong</s>, his <sn="3820">heart</s> was lifted <sn="1361">up</s><sn="5704">to</s> his <sn="7843">destruction</s>: for he <sn="4603">transgressed</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s> his <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="935">went</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="1964">temple</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> to burn <sn="6999">incense</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of <sn="7004">incense</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="5838">Azariah</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s> went <sn="935">in</s><sn="310">after</s> him, and <sn="5973">with</s> him <sn="8084">fourscore</s><sn="3548">priests</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that were valiant <sn="1121 2428">men</s>: </v>
<vn='18'>And they <sn="5975 5921">withstood</s><sn="5818">Uzziah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, It appertaineth <sn="3808">not</s> unto thee, <sn="5818">Uzziah</s>, to burn <sn="6999">incense</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3588">but</s> to the <sn="3548">priests</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="175">Aaron</s>, that are <sn="6942">consecrated</s> to burn <sn="6999">incense</s>: go <sn="3318">out</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="4720">sanctuary</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> thou hast <sn="4603">trespassed</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> shall it be for thine <sn="3519">honor</s> from the <sn="4480 3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Then <sn="5818">Uzziah</s> was <sn="2196">wroth</s>, and had a <sn="4730">censer</s> in his <sn="3027">hand</s> to burn <sn="6999">incense</s>: and while he was <sn="2196">wroth</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s>, the <sn="6883">leprosy</s> even rose <sn="2224">up</s> in his <sn="4696">forehead</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, from <sn="4480 5921">beside</s> the <sn="7004">incense</s><sn="4196">altar</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="5838">Azariah</s> the <sn="7218">chief</s><sn="3548">priest</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s>, <sn="6437">looked</s><sn="413">upon</s> him, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> was <sn="6879">leprous</s> in his <sn="4696">forehead</s>, and they thrust him <sn="926">out</s> from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s>; yea, <sn="1931">himself</s><sn="1765">hasted</s><sn="1571">also</s> to go <sn="3318">out</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="5060">smitten</s> him. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="5818">Uzziah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="6879">leper</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> of his <sn="4194">death</s>, and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in a <sn="2669">several</s><sn="1004">house</s>, being a <sn="6879">leper</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> he was cut <sn="1504">off</s> from the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and <sn="3147">Jotham</s> his <sn="1121">son</s> was <sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="8199">judging</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="5818">Uzziah</s>, <sn="7223">first</s> and <sn="314">last</s>, did <sn="3470">Isaiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="531">Amoz</s>, <sn="3789">write</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>So <sn="5818">Uzziah</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>, and they <sn="6912">buried</s> him <sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s> of the <sn="6900">burial</s><sn="834">which</s> belonged to the <sn="4428">kings</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1931">He</s> is a <sn="6879">leper</s>: and <sn="3147">Jotham</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>