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Uzziah Succeeds Amaziah in Judah
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|2 Chroniques 26:1| Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
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|2 Chroniques 26:2| He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after the king[Amaziah] slept with his fathers[in death] .
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|2 Chroniques 26:3| Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem.
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|2 Chroniques 26:4| He did right in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that his father Amaziah had done.
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|2 Chroniques 26:5| He continued to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding1 through the vision of God; and as long as he sought (inquired of, longing for) the LORD, God caused him to prosper.
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Uzziah Succeeds in War
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|2 Chroniques 26:6| He went out and made war against the Philistines, and broke through the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities near Ashdod and[elsewhere] among the Philistines.
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|2 Chroniques 26:7| God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabs who lived in Gur-baal, and the Meunites.
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|2 Chroniques 26:8| The Ammonites paid tribute (money) to Uzziah, and his fame spread abroad, even as far as the border of Egypt, for he became very strong.
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|2 Chroniques 26:9| Uzziah also built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and at the corner buttress[of the wall] , and fortified them.
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|2 Chroniques 26:10| He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns, for he had a great deal of livestock, both in the lowlands and in the plain. He also had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields, for he loved the soil.
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