26 Then all the people of Judah took Uz·zyʹah, who was 16 years old, and made him king in place of his father Am·a·zyʹah. 2 He rebuilt Eʹloth and restored it to Judah after the king was laid to rest with his forefathers. 3 Uz·zyʹah was 16 years old when he became king, and he reigned for 52 years in Yerushalom. His mother’s name was Ye·co·lyʹah of Yerushalom. 4 He continued to do what was right in Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}’s eyes, just as his father Am·a·zyʹah had done. 5 And he kept searching for Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} in the days of Zech·a·ryʹah, who taught him to fear the true Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'}. During the time he was searching for Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}, the true Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} made him prosper.
6 He went out and fought against the Phi·lisʹtines and broke through the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabʹneh, and the wall of Ashʹdod. Then he built cities in the territory of Ashʹdod and among the Phi·lisʹtines. 7 The true Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} continued to help him against the Phi·lisʹtines, against the Arabians who were dwelling in Gur·baʹal, and against the Me·uʹnim. 8 The Amʹmon·ites began to give tribute to Uz·zyʹah. His fame eventually spread as far as Egypt, for he became extremely powerful. 9 Moreover, Uz·zyʹah built towers in Yerushalom by the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the Buttress, and he fortified them. 10 Further, he built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns (for he had a great deal of livestock); he also did so in the She·pheʹlah and on the plain. He had farmers and vinedressers in the mountains and in Carʹmel, for he loved agriculture.
11 Moreover, Uz·zyʹah came to have an army equipped for war. They would go out on military campaigns, organized in divisions. They were numbered and registered by Ye·iʹel the secretary and Ma·a·seyʹah the officer, under the command of Han·a·nyʹah, one of the king’s princes. 12 The entire number of the heads of the paternal houses who were over these mighty warriors was 2,600. 13 The armed forces under their command numbered 307,500 men ready for war, a powerful military force to support the king against the enemy. 14 Uz·zyʹah equipped the entire army with shields, lances, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and slingstones. 15 Further, in Yerushalom he made engines of war designed by engineers; they were set on the towers and on the corners of the walls and could shoot arrows and large stones. So his fame spread far and wide, for he received tremendous help and he became strong.
16 However, as soon as he was strong, his heart became haughty to his own ruin, and he acted unfaithfully against Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} his Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} by entering the temple of Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} to burn incense on the altar of incense. 17 Immediately Az·a·ryʹah the priest and 80 other courageous priests of Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} went in after him. 18 They confronted King Uz·zyʹah and said to him: “It is not proper for you, Uz·zyʹah, to burn incense to Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}! It is only the priests who should burn incense, for they are the descendants of Aaron, those who have been sanctified. Go out from the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully and you will receive no glory from Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} for this.”
19 But Uz·zyʹah, who had a censer in his hand to burn incense, became enraged; and during his rage against the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} next to the altar of incense. 20 When Az·a·ryʹah the chief priest and all the priests turned toward him, they saw that he had been stricken with leprosy in his forehead! So they rushed him out of there, and he himself hurried out, because Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} had struck him.
21 King Uz·zyʹah remained a leper until the day of his death, and he kept staying in a separate house as a leper, for he had been excluded from the house of Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}. His son Joʹtham was in charge of the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
22 And the rest of the history of Uz·zyʹah, from beginning to end, was recorded by the prophet Isayah the son of Aʹmoz. 23 Then Uz·zyʹah was laid to rest with his forefathers, and they buried him with his forefathers, but in the burial field that belonged to the kings, for they said: “He is a leper.” And his son Joʹtham became king in his place.