1
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king to succeed his father Amaziah.
2
He rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his ancestors.
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
He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done.
5
He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God; and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.
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