1All 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 14:212Uzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.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 reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.stylus2 Kings 15:2, 2 Kings 15:3, 2 Kings 15:2, 2 Kings 15:3, Amos 1:14And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.stylus2 Chronicles 25:2, 2 Chronicles 25:25He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.stylus2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 24:2, 2 Chronicles 24:2, 1 Chronicles 22:136Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.stylusIsaiah 14:29, Isaiah 14:29, 1 Samuel 5:6, 2 Chronicles 21:16, 1 Chronicles 18:17God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.stylus2 Chronicles 21:16, 2 Chronicles 21:16, 1 Chronicles 5:20, 1 Chronicles 5:20, 2 Chronicles 14:118The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, for he had become exceedingly powerful.stylus2 Chronicles 17:11, 2 Samuel 8:2, Genesis 19:38, 2 Chronicles 17:11, 2 Samuel 8:29Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.stylusNehemiah 3:13, Nehemiah 3:13, 2 Kings 14:13, 2 Chronicles 25:23, 2 Kings 14:1310Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.stylusGenesis 26:18, Genesis 26:21, Isaiah 29:17, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 26:2111Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.stylus2 Kings 5:2, 2 Kings 5:212The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.stylus13Under their authority was an army of 307,500 trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.stylus2 Chronicles 25:5, 2 Chronicles 17:14, 2 Chronicles 17:19, 2 Chronicles 11:1, 2 Chronicles 13:314Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.stylus1 Samuel 17:49, Judges 20:16, 1 Samuel 17:49, Judges 20:1615And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.stylusMatthew 4:24, Matthew 4:24, Exodus 31:4, 2 Chronicles 2:14, 2 Chronicles 2:716But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.stylus2 Chronicles 32:25, 2 Chronicles 32:25, 2 Chronicles 25:19, Proverbs 16:18, 2 Chronicles 25:1917Then Azariah the priest, along with eighty brave priests of the LORD, went in after him.stylus1 Chronicles 6:10, 1 Chronicles 6:10, 1 Chronicles 26:6, 1 Chronicles 12:28, 1 Chronicles 26:618They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.”stylusExodus 30:7, Exodus 30:8, Exodus 30:7, Exodus 30:8, Numbers 18:719Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.stylusNumbers 12:10, Numbers 12:10, 2 Kings 5:25, 2 Kings 5:27, 2 Chronicles 16:1020When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.stylusEsther 6:12, Deuteronomy 28:22, Deuteronomy 28:35, Leviticus 14:34, Esther 6:1221So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace to govern the people of the land.stylusLeviticus 13:46, Leviticus 13:46, Numbers 5:2, Numbers 5:3, 2 Kings 7:322As for the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from beginning to end, they are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.stylusIsaiah 1:1, Isaiah 1:1, Isaiah 6:1, Isaiah 6:1, 2 Chronicles 9:2923And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings; for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.stylus2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 28:27, 2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 28:27, Isaiah 6:1