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.
6
He went out and made war against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod; he built cities in the territory of Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.
7
God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs who lived in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.
8
The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread even to the border of Egypt, for he became very strong.
9
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the Angle, and fortified them.
10
He built towers in the wilderness and hewed out many cisterns, for he had large herds, both in the Shephelah and in the plain, and he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.