Chronological
Azariah (Uzziah) Son of Amaziah, King of Judah
15 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king. 2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he ruled for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jekoliah from Jerusalem. 3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like everything that his father Amaziah had done. 4 But the high places were still not removed. The people were still offering sacrifices and burning incense there at the high places.
5 Then the Lord afflicted the king so that he had leprosy[a] until the day of his death. So he lived in a quarantined house, and Jotham, the king’s son, was in charge of the palace and administered justice for the people of the land.
6 As for the rest of Azariah’s acts and everything he did, are they not written in the annals of the kings of Judah? 7 Azariah rested with his fathers, and he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Jotham became king in his place.
Zechariah Son of Jeroboam, King of Israel
8 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam ruled as king over Israel in Samaria for six months. 9 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as his fathers had done. He did not turn from the sins which Jeroboam son of Nebat caused Israel to commit. 10 Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him. He struck him down in front of the people and killed him. Then he became king in his place.
11 As for the rest of Zechariah’s acts, you can find them written in the annals of the kings of Israel. 12 This was the word of the Lord which he had spoken to Jehu: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.” And that is what happened.
Shallum Son of Jabesh, King of Israel
13 Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah[b] king of Judah, and he ruled for one month in Samaria. 14 Then Menahem son of Gadi from Tirzah went up to Samaria. He struck down Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and killed him. Then he became king in his place.
15 The rest of Shallum’s acts, including the conspiracy he led, you can find written in the annals of the kings of Israel. 16 Then Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and all the people who were in it and its territory. Because they did not open their gates to him, he attacked it and cut open every pregnant woman.
Menahem Son of Gadi, King of Israel
17 In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel in Samaria and ruled for ten years. 18 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. All his days he did not turn from the sins which Jeroboam son of Nebat caused Israel to commit. 19 Pul[c] king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents[d] of silver for supporting him and strengthening his hold over the kingdom. 20 Menahem exacted the silver from Israel, from every wealthy man—fifty shekels[e] from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. Then the king of Assyria left. He did not remain in the land.
21 As for the rest of Menahem’s acts and everything he did, are they not written in the annals of the kings of Israel? 22 Menahem rested with his fathers. Then his son Pekahiah became king in his place.
Pekahiah Son of Menahem, King of Israel
23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria for two years. 24 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did not turn from the sins which Jeroboam son of Nebat caused Israel to commit. 25 Then Pekah son of Remaliah, his military advisor, conspired against him and struck him down in the fortified part of the king’s palace in Samaria, along with Argob and Arieh. Fifty men from Gilead were with Pekah when he killed Pekahiah and became king in his place. 26 As for the rest of Pekahiah’s acts and everything he did, you can find them written in the annals of the kings of Israel.
Pekah Son of Remaliah, King of Israel
27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria and ruled for twenty years. 28 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did not turn from the sins which Jeroboam son of Nebat caused Israel to commit.
29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Ma’akah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee—all the land of Naphtali. He exiled them to Assyria.
30 Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He struck him down and killed him. Then he became king in his place in the twenty-second year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
31 As for the rest of Pekah’s acts and everything he did, you can find them written in the annals of the kings of Israel.
Jotham Son of Uzziah, King of Judah
32 In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah became king. 33 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he ruled for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.
34 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like everything that his father Uzziah had done. 35 But the high places were still not removed. The people were still offering sacrifices and burning incense on the high places. He built the upper gate for the House of the Lord.
36 As for the rest of Jotham’s acts, the things he did, are they not written in the annals of the kings of Judah? 37 In those days, the Lord began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah. 38 Jotham rested with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David. Then his son Ahaz became king in his place.
Uzziah (Azariah) King of Judah
26 All the people of Judah took Uzziah,[a] who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
2 He was the one who built Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jekoliah[b] from Jerusalem.
4 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like everything that his father Amaziah had done. 5 He continued to seek God throughout the days of Zechariah, who trained him in the fear[c] of God. As long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.
6 He went out and waged war against the Philistines. He broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Javneh, and the wall of Ashdod. He built cities in the territory of Ashdod and among the Philistines. 7 God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs who lived in Gur Baal, and against the Meunites.
8 The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah. His reputation spread as far as the border of Egypt because he had become very strong. 9 Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the Angle, and he fortified them.
10 He built towers in the wilderness. He dug many cisterns because he had large herds both in the Shephelah and on the plains. He also had farmers and vineyard workers in the highlands and in the fertile lands,[d] because he loved the soil.
11 Uzziah had an army, well trained and ready for war, organized in divisions based on the numbers from the census taken by Jeiel the secretary and Ma’aseiah the officer, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king’s officials.
12 The total number of the leading fathers[e] who led the powerful warriors was 2,600. 13 Under their command there was a strong army of 307,500 men, able to wage war as a very powerful force, to help the king against the enemy. 14 Uzziah supplied the whole army with shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slingshots. 15 In Jerusalem he made war machines produced by clever inventors to be mounted on the towers and at the corners, to shoot arrows and hurl large stones. His reputation spread far and wide because he received marvelous help until he was strong.
Uzziah’s Sinful Pride and Death
16 But when he had grown powerful, the pride in his heart led to his destruction. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God. He entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
17 Azariah the priest went in after him. He was followed by eighty priests of the Lord, brave men. 18 They confronted King Uzziah and said to him, “It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord. That is for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, because you have been unfaithful. This action will not result in any praise for you from the Lord God.”
19 Uzziah became angry. He had a censer for burning incense in his hand. When he became angry with the priests, leprosy[f] broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests, beside the altar of incense in the House of the Lord. 20 When Azariah, the head priest, and all the other priests looked at him, they immediately realized he had leprosy on his forehead. They rushed him out of there. He himself also was in a hurry to leave because the Lord had struck him.
21 King Uzziah remained a leper until the day of his death. He lived in a quarantined house because he was a leper. He was excluded from the House of the Lord. Jotham his son was in charge of the palace of the king and administered justice for the people of the land.
22 The rest of the acts of Uzziah, from first to last, were recorded by Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet.
23 Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the burial field that belonged to the kings, because they said, “He is a leper.” His son Jotham ruled as king in his place.
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