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2 Chronicles 26 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Uzziah Reigns in Judah
Uzziah Reigns in Judah
(2 Kin. 14:21, 22; 15:1–3 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:1 - Now all the people of Judah took Uzziah,[fn] who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:2 - He built Elath[fn] and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:3 - Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:4 - And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:5 - He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions[fn] of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:6 - Now he went out and made war against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities around Ashdod and among the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:7 - God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabians who lived in Gur Baal, and against the Meunites.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:8 - Also the Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah. His fame spread as far as the entrance of Egypt, for he became exceedingly strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:9 - And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the corner buttress of the wall; then he fortified them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - Also he built towers in the desert. He dug many wells, for he had much livestock, both in the lowlands and in the plains; he also had farmers and vinedressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved the soil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11 - Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men who went out to war by companies, according to the number on their roll as prepared by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:12 - The total number of chief officers[fn] of the mighty men of valor was two thousand six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - And under their authority was an army of three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:14 - Then Uzziah prepared for them, for the entire army, shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows, and slings to cast stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - And he made devices in Jerusalem, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and large stones. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was marvelously helped till he became strong.
The Penalty for Uzziah’s Pride
(2 Kin. 15:4–7 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:16 - But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the LORD his God by entering the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:17 - So Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him were eighty priests of the LORD—valiant men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:18 - And they withstood King Uzziah, and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed! You shall have no honor from the LORD God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:19 - Then Uzziah became furious; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead, before the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the incense altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:20 - And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and there, on his forehead, he was leprous; so they thrust him out of that place. Indeed he also hurried to get out, because the LORD had struck him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:21 - King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He dwelt in an isolated house, because he was a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD. Then Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:22 - Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from first to last, the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz wrote.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:23 - So Uzziah rested with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” Then Jotham his son reigned in his place.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Called Azariah in 2 Kings 14:21ff
Hebrew Eloth
Several Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac, Targum, and Arabic read fear.
Literally chief fathers
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