1And all the people of Juda took his son Ozias, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of Amasias his father.

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2 Chronicles 22:1, 2 Chronicles 22:1, 2 Kings 15:1, 2 Kings 15:7, 2 Kings 14:21

2He built Ailath, and restored it to the dominion of Juda, after that the king slept with his fathers.

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2 Kings 14:22, 2 Chronicles 25:23, 2 Chronicles 25:28, 2 Kings 16:6, 2 Chronicles 8:17

3Ozias was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Jechelia of Jerusalem.

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2 Kings 15:2, 2 Kings 15:3, 2 Kings 15:2, 2 Kings 15:3, Amos 1:1

4And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Amasias his father had done.

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2 Chronicles 25:2, 2 Chronicles 25:2

5And he sought the Lord in the days of Zacharias that understood and saw God: and as long as he sought the Lord, he directed him in all things.

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2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 24:2, 2 Chronicles 24:2, 1 Chronicles 22:13

6Moreover he went forth and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Geth, and the wall of Jabnia, and the wall of Azotus: and he built towns in Azotus, and among the Philistines.

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Isaiah 14:29, Isaiah 14:29, 1 Samuel 5:6, 2 Chronicles 21:16, 1 Chronicles 18:1

7And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians, that dwelt in Gurbaal, and against the Ammonites.

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2 Chronicles 21:16, 2 Chronicles 21:16, 1 Chronicles 5:20, 1 Chronicles 5:20, 2 Chronicles 14:11

8And the Ammonites gave gifts to Ozias: and his name was spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt for his frequent victories.

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2 Chronicles 17:11, 2 Samuel 8:2, Genesis 19:38, 2 Chronicles 17:11, 2 Samuel 8:2

9And Ozias built towers in Jerusalem over the gate of the corner, and over the gate of the valley, and the rest, in the same side of the wall, and fortified them.

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Nehemiah 3:13, Nehemiah 3:13, 2 Kings 14:13, 2 Chronicles 25:23, 2 Kings 14:13

10And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many cisterns, for he had much cattle both in the plains, and in the waste of the desert: he had also vineyards and dressers of vines in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he was a man that loved husbandry.

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Genesis 26:18, Genesis 26:21, Isaiah 29:17, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 26:21

11And the army of his fighting men, that went out to war, was under the hand of Jehiel the scribe, and Maasias the doctor, and under the hand of Henanias, who was one of the king's captains.

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2 Kings 5:2, 2 Kings 5:2

12And the whole number of the chiefs by the families of valiant men were two thousand six hundred.

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13And the whole army under them three hundred and seven thousand five hundred: who were fit for war, and fought for the king against the enemy.

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2 Chronicles 25:5, 2 Chronicles 17:14, 2 Chronicles 17:19, 2 Chronicles 11:1, 2 Chronicles 13:3

14And Ozias prepared for them, that is, for the whole army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and slings to cast stones.

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1 Samuel 17:49, Judges 20:16, 1 Samuel 17:49, Judges 20:16

15And he made in Jerusalem engines of diverse kinds, which he placed in the towers, and in the corners of the walls, to shoot arrows, and great stones: and his name went forth far abroad, for the Lord helped him, and had strengthened him.

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Matthew 4:24, Matthew 4:24, Exodus 31:4, 2 Chronicles 2:14, 2 Chronicles 2:7

16But when he was made strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction, and he neglected the Lord his God: and going into the temple of the Lord, he had a mind to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

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2 Chronicles 32:25, 2 Chronicles 32:25, 2 Chronicles 25:19, Proverbs 16:18, 2 Chronicles 25:19

17And immediately Azarias the priest going in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord, most valiant men,

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1 Chronicles 6:10, 1 Chronicles 6:10, 1 Chronicles 26:6, 1 Chronicles 12:28, 1 Chronicles 26:6

18Withstood the king and said: It doth not belong to thee, Ozias, to burn incense to the Lord, but to the priests, that is, to the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated for this ministry: go out of the sanctuary, do not despise: for this thing shall not be accounted to thy glory by the Lord God.

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Exodus 30:7, Exodus 30:8, Exodus 30:7, Exodus 30:8, Numbers 18:7

19And Ozias was angry, and holding in his hand the censer to burn incense, threatened the priests. And presently there rose a leprosy in his forehead before the priests, in the house of the Lord at the altar of incense.

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Numbers 12:10, Numbers 12:10, 2 Kings 5:25, 2 Kings 5:27, 2 Chronicles 16:10

20And Azarias the high priest, and all the rest of the priests looked upon him, and saw the leprosy in his forehead, and they made haste to thrust him out. Yea himself also being frightened, hasted to go out, because he had quickly felt the stroke of the Lord.

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Esther 6:12, Deuteronomy 28:22, Deuteronomy 28:35, Leviticus 14:34, Esther 6:12

21And Ozias the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelt in a house apart being full of the leprosy, for which he had been cast out of the house of the Lord. And Joatham his son governed the king's house, and judged the people of the land.

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Leviticus 13:46, Leviticus 13:46, Numbers 5:2, Numbers 5:3, 2 Kings 7:3

22But the rest of the acts of Ozias first and last were written by Isaias the son of Amos, the prophet.

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Isaiah 1:1, Isaiah 1:1, Isaiah 6:1, Isaiah 6:1, 2 Chronicles 9:29

23And Ozias slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the field of the royal sepulchres, because he was a leper: and Joatham his son reigned in his stead.

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2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 28:27, 2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 28:27, Isaiah 6:1