1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.stylus2 Chronicles 22:1, 2 Chronicles 22:1, 2 Kings 15:1, 2 Kings 15:7, 2 Kings 14:212He was the builder of Eloth, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.stylus2 Kings 14:22, 2 Chronicles 25:23, 2 Chronicles 25:28, 2 Kings 16:6, 2 Chronicles 8:173Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for fifty-two years; his mother's name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem.stylus2 Kings 15:2, 2 Kings 15:3, 2 Kings 15:2, 2 Kings 15:3, Amos 1:14He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.stylus2 Chronicles 25:2, 2 Chronicles 25:25He gave himself to searching after God in the days of Zechariah, who made men wise in the fear of God; and as long as he was true to the Lord, God made things go well for him.stylus2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 24:2, 2 Chronicles 24:2, 1 Chronicles 22:136He went out and made war against the Philistines, pulling down the walls of Gath and Jabneh and Ashdod, and building towns in the country round Ashdod and among the Philistines.stylusIsaiah 14:29, Isaiah 14:29, 1 Samuel 5:6, 2 Chronicles 21:16, 1 Chronicles 18:17And God gave him help against the Philistines, and against the Arabians living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunim.stylus2 Chronicles 21:16, 2 Chronicles 21:16, 1 Chronicles 5:20, 1 Chronicles 5:20, 2 Chronicles 14:118The Ammonites gave offerings to Uzziah: and news of him went out as far as the limit of Egypt; for he became very great in power.stylus2 Chronicles 17:11, 2 Samuel 8:2, Genesis 19:38, 2 Chronicles 17:11, 2 Samuel 8:29Uzziah made towers in Jerusalem, at the doorway in the angle and at the doorway in the valley and at the turn of the wall, arming them.stylusNehemiah 3:13, Nehemiah 3:13, 2 Kings 14:13, 2 Chronicles 25:23, 2 Kings 14:1310And he put up towers in the waste land and made places for storing water, for he had much cattle, in the low hills and in the table land; and he had farmers and vine-keepers in the mountains and in the fertile land, for he was a lover of farming.stylusGenesis 26:18, Genesis 26:21, Isaiah 29:17, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 26:2111In addition, Uzziah had an army of fighting-men who went out to war in bands, as they had been listed by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the authority of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.stylus2 Kings 5:2, 2 Kings 5:212The heads of families, the strong men of war, were two thousand, six hundred.stylus13And under their orders was a trained army of three hundred and seven thousand, five hundred, of great strength in war, helping the king against any who came against him.stylus2 Chronicles 25:5, 2 Chronicles 17:14, 2 Chronicles 17:19, 2 Chronicles 11:1, 2 Chronicles 13:314And Uzziah had all these forces armed with body-covers and spears and head-covers and coats of metal and bows and stones for sending from leather bands.stylus1 Samuel 17:49, Judges 20:16, 1 Samuel 17:49, Judges 20:1615And in Jerusalem he made machines, the invention of expert men, to be placed on the towers and angles of the walls for sending arrows and great stones. And his name was honoured far and wide; for he was greatly helped till he was strong.stylusMatthew 4:24, Matthew 4:24, Exodus 31:4, 2 Chronicles 2:14, 2 Chronicles 2:716But when he had become strong, his heart was lifted up in pride, causing his destruction; and he did evil against the Lord his God; for he went into the Temple of the Lord for the purpose of burning perfumes on the altar of perfumes.stylus2 Chronicles 32:25, 2 Chronicles 32:25, 2 Chronicles 25:19, Proverbs 16:18, 2 Chronicles 25:1917And Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty of the Lord's priests, who were strong men;stylus1 Chronicles 6:10, 1 Chronicles 6:10, 1 Chronicles 26:6, 1 Chronicles 12:28, 1 Chronicles 26:618And they made protests to Uzziah the king, and said to him, The burning of perfumes, Uzziah, is not your business but that of the priests, the sons of Aaron, who have been made holy for this work: go out of the holy place, for you have done wrong, and it will not be to your honour before God.stylusExodus 30:7, Exodus 30:8, Exodus 30:7, Exodus 30:8, Numbers 18:719Then Uzziah was angry; and he had in his hand a vessel for burning perfume; and while his wrath was bitter against the priests, the mark of the leper's disease came out on his brow, before the eyes of the priests in the house of the Lord by the altar of perfumes.stylusNumbers 12:10, Numbers 12:10, 2 Kings 5:25, 2 Kings 5:27, 2 Chronicles 16:1020And Azariah, the chief priest, and all the priests, looking at him, saw the mark of the leper on his brow, and they sent him out quickly and he himself went out straight away, for the Lord's punishment had come on him.stylusEsther 6:12, Deuteronomy 28:22, Deuteronomy 28:35, Leviticus 14:34, Esther 6:1221So King Uzziah was a leper till the day of his death, living separately in his private house; for he was cut off from the house of God; and Jotham his son was ruling over his house, judging the people of the land.stylusLeviticus 13:46, Leviticus 13:46, Numbers 5:2, Numbers 5:3, 2 Kings 7:322Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, were recorded by Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.stylusIsaiah 1:1, Isaiah 1:1, Isaiah 6:1, Isaiah 6:1, 2 Chronicles 9:2923So Uzziah went to rest with his fathers; and they put his body into the earth in the field used for the resting-place of the kings, for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son became king in his place.stylus2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 28:27, 2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 28:27, Isaiah 6:1