2Chronicles:26

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ylt @2Chronicles:26:1 @And all the people of Judah take Uzziah (and he [is ] a son of sixteen years ), and cause him to reign instead of his father Amaziah . ylt @2Chronicles:26:2 @He hath built Eloth , and restoreth it to Judah after the king 's lying with his fathers . ylt @2Chronicles:26:3 @A son of sixteen years [is ] Uzziah in his reigning , and fifty and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem , and the name of his mother [is ] Jecholiah of Jerusalem . ylt @2Chronicles:26:4 @And he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah , according to all that Amaziah his father did , ylt @2Chronicles:26:5 @and he is as one seeking God in the days of Zechariah who hath understanding in visions of God : and in the days of his seeking Jehovah , God hath caused him to prosper . ylt @2Chronicles:26:6 @And he goeth forth , and fighteth with the Philistines , and breaketh down the wall of Gath , and the wall of Jabneh , and the wall of Ashdod , and buildeth cities about Ashdod , and among the Philistines . ylt @2Chronicles:26:7 @And God helpeth him against the Philistines , and against the Arabians who are dwelling in Gur-Baal and the Mehunim . ylt @2Chronicles:26:8 @And the Ammonites give a present to Uzziah , and his name goeth unto the entering in of Egypt , for he strengthened himself greatly . ylt @2Chronicles:26:9 @And Uzziah buildeth towers in Jerusalem , by the gate of the corner , and by the gate of the valley , and by the angle , and strengtheneth them ; ylt @2Chronicles:26:10 @and he buildeth towers in the wilderness , and diggeth many wells , for he had much cattle , both in the low country and in the plain , husbandmen and vine-dressers in the mountains , and in Carmel ; for he was a lover of the ground . ylt @2Chronicles:26:11 @And Uzziah hath a force , making war , going forth to the host , by troops , in the number of their reckoning by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Masseiah the officer , by the hand of Hananiah [one ] of the heads of the king . ylt @2Chronicles:26:12 @The whole number of heads of the fathers of the mighty ones of valour [is ] two thousand and six hundred ; ylt @2Chronicles:26:13 @and by their hand [is ] the force of the host , three hundred thousand , and seven thousand , and five hundred warriors , with mighty power to give help to the king against the enemy . ylt @2Chronicles:26:14 @And Uzziah prepareth for them , for all the host , shields , and spears , and helmets , and coats of mail , and bows , even to stones of the slings . ylt @2Chronicles:26:15 @And he maketh in Jerusalem inventions -- a device of an inventor -- to be on the towers , and on the corners , to shoot with arrows and with great stones , and his name goeth out unto a distance , for he hath been wonderfully helped till that he hath been strong . ylt @2Chronicles:26:16 @And at his being strong his heart hath been high unto destruction , and he trespasseth against Jehovah his God , and goeth in unto the temple of Jehovah to make perfume upon the altar of perfume . ylt @2Chronicles:26:17 @And Azariah the priest goeth in after him , and with him priests of Jehovah eighty , sons of valour , ylt @2Chronicles:26:18 @and they stand up against Uzziah the king , and say to him , 'Not for thee , O Uzziah , to make perfume to Jehovah , but for priests , sons of Aaron , who are sanctified to make perfume ; go forth from the sanctuary , for thou hast trespassed , and [it is ] not to thee for honour from Jehovah God .' ylt @2Chronicles:26:19 @And Uzziah is wroth , and in his hand [is ] a censer to make perfume , and in his being wroth with the priests -- the leprosy hath risen in his forehead , before the priests , in the house of Jehovah , from beside the altar of perfume . ylt @2Chronicles:26:20 @And Azariah the head priest looketh unto him , and all the priests , and lo , he [is ] leprous in his forehead , and they hasten him thence , and also he himself hath hastened to go out , for Jehovah hath plagued him . ylt @2Chronicles:26:21 @And Uzziah the king is a leper unto the day of his death , and inhabiteth a separate house -- a leper , for he hath been cut off from the house of Jehovah , and Jotham his son [is ] over the house of the king , judging the people of the land . ylt @2Chronicles:26:22 @And the rest of the matters of Uzziah , the first and the last , hath Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet written ; ylt @2Chronicles:26:23 @and Uzziah lieth with his fathers , and they bury him with his fathers , in the field of the burying-place that the kings have , for they said , 'He [is ] a leper ;' and reign doth Jotham his son in his stead .

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