1
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
2
He built Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
3
Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
4
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
5
And he persisted in seeking God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and in those days that he sought the LORD, God prospered him.