²¹ The king had a fleet of trading ships^[a] manned by Hiram’s^[b] servants. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.

Uzziah King of Judah^(A)(B)

26 Then all the people of Judah^(C) took Uzziah,^[a] who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

² He was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his ancestors.

⁹ Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate,^(A) at the Valley Gate^(B) and at the angle of the wall, and he fortified them.