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* Then all the people of the land took Ozias , and he was sixteen years old , and they made him king in the room of his father Amasias . * He built Ælath , he recovered it to Juda , after the king slept with his fathers . * Ozias began to reign at the age of sixteen years , and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem : and his mother ’s name was Jechelia of Jerusalem . * And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , according to all that Amasias his father did . * And he sought the Lord in the days of Zacharias , who understood the fear of the Lord ; and in his days he sought the Lord , and the Lord prospered him . * And he went out and fought against the Philistines , and pulled down the walls of Geth , and the walls of Jabner , and the walls of Azotus , and he built cities (note :)Gr . of (:note ) near Azotus , and among the Philistines . * And the Lord strengthened him against the Philistines , and against the Arabians that dwelt on the rock , and against the Minaeans . * And the Minaeans gave gifts to Ozias ; and his fame spread as far as the entering in of Egypt , for he strengthened himself exceedingly . * And Ozias built towers in Jerusalem , both at the gate of the corners , and at the valley gate , and at the corners and he fortified them . * And he built towers in the wilderness , and (note :)Or , hewed out of the rock (:note ) dug many wells , for he had many cattle in the low country and in the plain ; and vinedressers in the mountain country and in Carmel : for he was a husbandman . * And Ozias had (note :)Gr . a force making war (:note ) a host of warriors , and that went out orderly to war , and returned orderly Or , to be numbered or reviewed in number ; and their number was made by the hand of Jeiel the scribe , and Maasias the judge , by the hand of Ananias the king ’s In Ac strkjv @24:27 , «successor ’ deputy . * The whole number of the chiefs of families of the mighty men of war was two thousand six hundred ; * and with them was a warrior force , three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred : these waged war mightily to help the king against his enemies . * And Ozias prepared for them , even for all the host , shields , and spears , and helmets , and breastplates , and bows , and slings for stones . * And he made in Jerusalem machines invented by a wise contriver , to be upon the towers and upon the corners , to cast darts and great stones : and the fame of their preparation was heard at a distance ; for he was wonderfully helped , till he was strong . * And when he was strong , his heart was lifted up (note :)Gr . to destroy (:note ) to his destruction ; and he transgressed against the Lord his God , and went into the temple of the Lord to turn incense on the altar of Gr . incenses incense . * And there went in after him Azarias the priest , and with him eighty priests of the Lord , mighty men . * And they withstood Ozias the king , and said to him , It is not for thee , Ozias , to burn incense to the Lord , but only for the priests the sons of Aaron , who are consecrated to sacrifice : go forth of the sanctuary , for thou hast departed from the Lord ; and this shall not be for glory to thee from the Lord God . * And Ozias was angry , and in his hand was the censer to burn incense in the temple : and when he was angry with the priests , then the leprosy rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord , over the altar of incense . * And Azarias the chief priest , and the other priests , turned to look at him , and , behold , he was leprous in his forehead ; and they got him hastily out thence , for he also hasted to go out , because the Lord had rebuked him . * And Ozias the king was a leper to the day of his death , and he dwelt as a leper in a (note :)The Gr . is a Hebrews . word ; q . d . of freedom (:note ) separate house ; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord : and Joathan his son was set over his kingdom , judging the people of the land . * And the rest of the acts of Ozias , the first and the last , are written by Jessias the prophet . * And Ozias slept with his fathers , and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial place of the kings , for they said , He is a leper ; and Joatham his son reigned in his stead .

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