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And all the people of Judah took Uzzi '
ah ,
who was sixteen years old ,
and made him king instead of his father Amazi '
ah .
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He built Eloth and restored it to Judah ,
after the king slept with his fathers .
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Uzzi '
ah was sixteen years old when he began to reign ,
and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem .
His mother '
s name was Jecoli '
ah of Jerusalem .
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And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD ,
according to all that his father Amazi '
ah had done .
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He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechari '
ah ,
who instructed him in the fear of God ;
and as long as he sought the LORD ,
God made him prosper .
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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 ;
and he built cities in the territory of Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines .
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God helped him against the Philistines ,
and against the Arabs that dwelt in Gurba '
al ,
and against the Me-u '
nites .
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The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzzi '
ah ,
and his fame spread even to the border of Egypt ,
for he became very strong .
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Moreover Uzzi '
ah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate and at the Angle ,
and fortified them .
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And he built towers in the wilderness ,
and hewed out many cisterns ,
for he had large herds ,
both in the Shephe '
lah and in the plain ,
and he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands ,
for he loved the soil .
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Moreover Uzzi '
ah had an army of soldiers ,
fit for war ,
in divisions according to the numbers in the muster made by Je-i '
el the secretary and Ma-asei '
ah the officer ,
under the direction of Hanani '
ah ,
one of the king '
s commanders .
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The whole number of the heads of fathers '
houses of mighty men of valor was two thousand six hundred .
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Under their command was an army of three hundred and seven thousand five hundred ,
who could make war with mighty power ,
to help the king against the enemy .
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And Uzzi '
ah prepared for all the army shields ,
spears ,
helmets ,
coats of mail ,
bows ,
and stones for slinging .
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In Jerusalem he made engines ,
invented by skilful men ,
to be on the towers and the corners ,
to shoot arrows and great stones .
And his fame spread far ,
for he was marvelously helped ,
till he was strong .
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But when he was strong he grew proud ,
to his destruction .
For he was false to the LORD his God ,
and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense .
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But Azari '
ah the priest went in after him ,
with eighty priests of the LORD who were men of valor ;
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and they withstood King Uzzi '
ah ,
and said to him , "
It is not for you ,
Uzzi '
ah ,
to burn incense to the LORD ,
but for the priests the sons of Aaron ,
who are consecrated to burn incense .
Go out of the sanctuary ;
for you have done wrong ,
and it will bring you no honor from the LORD God ."
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Then Uzzi '
ah was angry .
Now he had a censer in his hand to burn incense ,
and when he became angry with the priests leprosy broke out on his forehead ,
in the presence of the priests in the house of the LORD ,
by the altar of incense .
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And Azari '
ah the chief priest ,
and all the priests ,
looked at him ,
and behold ,
he was leprous in his forehead !
And they thrust him out quickly ,
and he himself hastened to go out ,
because the LORD had smitten him .
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And King Uzzi '
ah was a leper to the day of his death ,
and being a leper dwelt in a separate house ,
for he was excluded from the house of the LORD .
And Jotham his son was over the king '
s household ,
governing the people of the land .
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Now the rest of the acts of Uzzi '
ah ,
from first to last ,
Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz wrote .
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And Uzzi '
ah slept with his fathers ,
and they buried him with his fathers in the burial field which belonged to the kings ,
for they said , "
He is a leper ."
And Jotham his son reigned in his stead .