1
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
2
He was the builder of Eloth, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.
3
Uzziah 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.
4
He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.
5
He 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.
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