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Then all the people[H5971] of Judah[H3063]took[H3947]Uzziah[H5818], who was sixteen[H8337]years[H8141]old[H1121], and made him king[H4427] in the room of his father[H1]Amaziah[H558].
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He built[H1129]Eloth[H359], and restored[H7725] it to Judah[H3063], after[H310] that the king[H4428]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1].
3Sixteen[H8337]years[H8141]old[H1121] was Uzziah[H5818] when he began to reign[H4427], and he reigned[H4427]fifty[H2572] and two[H8147]years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]. His mother's name[H8034] also was Jecoliah[H3203] of Jerusalem[H3389].
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And he did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], according to all that his father[H1]Amaziah[H558]did[H6213].
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And he sought[H1875]God[H430] in the days[H3117] of Zechariah[H2148], who had understanding[H995] in the visions[H7200] of God[H430]: and as[H3117] long as[H3117] he sought[H1875] the LORD[H3068], God[H430] made him to prosper[H6743].
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And he went forth[H3318] and warred[H3898] against the Philistines[H6430], and brake down[H6555] the wall[H2346] of Gath[H1661], and the wall[H2346] of Jabneh[H2996], and the wall[H2346] of Ashdod[H795], and built[H1129]cities[H5892] about Ashdod[H795], and among the Philistines[H6430].
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And God[H430]helped[H5826] him against the Philistines[H6430], and against the Arabians[H6163] that dwelt[H3427] in Gurbaal[H1485], and the Mehunims[H4586].
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And the Ammonites[H5984]gave[H5414]gifts[H4503] to Uzziah[H5818]: and his name[H8034] spread abroad[H3212] even to the entering[H935] in of Egypt[H4714]; for he strengthened[H2388] himself exceedingly[H4605].
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Moreover Uzziah[H5818]built[H1129]towers[H4026] in Jerusalem[H3389] at the corner[H6438]gate[H8179], and at the valley[H1516]gate[H8179], and at the turning[H4740] of the wall, and fortified[H2388] them.
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Also he built[H1129]towers[H4026] in the desert[H4057], and digged[H2672]many[H7227]wells[H953]: for he had much[H7227]cattle[H4735], both in the low country[H8219], and in the plains[H4334]: husbandmen[H406] also, and vine dressers[H3755] in the mountains[H2022], and in Carmel[H3760]: for he loved[H157]husbandry[H127].
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Moreover Uzziah[H5818] had an host[H2428] of fighting[H4421]men[H6213], that went out[H3318] to war[H6635] by bands[H1416], according to the number[H4557] of their account[H6486] by the hand[H3027] of Jeiel[H3273] the scribe[H5608] and Maaseiah[H4641] the ruler[H7860], under the hand[H3027] of Hananiah[H2608], one of the king's captains[H8269].
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The whole number[H4557] of the chief[H7218] of the fathers[H1] of the mighty men[H1368] of valour[H2428] were two thousand[H505] and six[H8337]hundred[H3967].
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And under their hand[H3027] was an army[H2428], three[H7969]hundred[H3967]thousand[H505] and seven[H7651]thousand[H505] and five[H2568]hundred[H3967], that made[H6213]war[H4421] with mighty[H2428]power[H3581], to help[H5826] the king[H4428] against the enemy[H341].
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And Uzziah[H5818]prepared[H3559] for them throughout all the host[H6635]shields[H4043], and spears[H7420], and helmets[H3553], and habergeons[H8302], and bows[H7198], and slings[H7050] to cast stones[H68].
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And he made[H6213] in Jerusalem[H3389]engines[H2810], invented[H4284] by cunning men[H2803], to be on the towers[H4026] and upon the bulwarks[H6438], to shoot[H3384]arrows[H2671] and great[H1419]stones[H68] withal. And his name[H8034]spread[H3318] far abroad[H7350]; for he was marvellously[H6381]helped[H5826], till[H3588] he was strong[H2388].
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But when he was strong[H2393], his heart[H3820] was lifted up[H1361] to his destruction[H7843]: for he transgressed[H4603] against the LORD[H3068] his God[H430], and went[H935] into the temple[H1964] of the LORD[H3068] to burn incense[H6999] upon the altar[H4196] of incense[H7004].
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And Azariah[H5838] the priest[H3548] went in[H935]after[H310] him, and with him fourscore[H8084]priests[H3548] of the LORD[H3068], that were valiant[H2428]men[H1121]:
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And they withstood[H5975]Uzziah[H5818] the king[H4428], and said[H559] unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah[H5818], to burn incense[H6999] unto the LORD[H3068], but to the priests[H3548] the sons[H1121] of Aaron[H175], that are consecrated[H6942] to burn incense[H6999]: go out[H3318] of the sanctuary[H4720]; for thou hast trespassed[H4603]; neither shall it be for thine honour[H3519] from the LORD[H3068]God[H430].
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Then Uzziah[H5818] was wroth[H2196], and had a censer[H4730] in his hand[H3027] to burn incense[H6999]: and while he was wroth[H2196] with the priests[H3548], the leprosy[H6883] even rose up[H2224] in his forehead[H4696]before[H6440] the priests[H3548] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], from beside the incense[H7004]altar[H4196].
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And Azariah[H5838] the chief[H7218]priest[H3548], and all the priests[H3548], looked[H6437] upon him, and, behold, he was leprous[H6879] in his forehead[H4696], and they thrust him out[H926] from thence; yea, himself hasted[H1765] also to go out[H3318], because the LORD[H3068] had smitten[H5060] him.
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And Uzziah[H5818] the king[H4428] was a leper[H6879] unto the day[H3117] of his death[H4194], and dwelt in[H3427] a several[H2669]house[H1004], being a leper[H6879]; for he was cut off[H1504] from the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]: and Jotham[H3147] his son[H1121] was over the king[H4428]'s house[H1004], judging[H8199] the people[H5971] of the land[H776].
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Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Uzziah[H5818], first[H7223] and last[H314], did Isaiah[H3470] the prophet[H5030], the son[H1121] of Amoz[H531], write[H3789].
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So Uzziah[H5818]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and they buried[H6912] him with his fathers[H1] in the field[H7704] of the burial[H6900] which belonged to the kings[H4428]; for they said[H559], He is a leper[H6879]: and Jotham[H3147] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.