14:025:026 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first
and last, behold,
are
they not written in the book of the kings of Judah
and
Israel?
14:025:027 Now after the time that Amaziah did turn
away from following
the
lord they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem;
and
he
fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after
him, and
slew
him there.
14:025:028 And they brought him upon horses, and buried
him with his
fathers
in the city of Judah.
14:026:001 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah,
who was sixteen
years
old, and made him king in the room of his father
Amaziah.
14:026:002 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah,
after that the king
slept
with his fathers.
14:026:003 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began
to reign, and he
reigned
fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s
name
also
was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
14:026:004 And he did that which was right in the
sight of the lord,
according
to all that his father Amaziah did.
14:026:005 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah,
who had
understanding
in the visions of God: and as long as he sought
the
lord, God made him to prosper.
14:026:006 And he went forth and warred against the
Philistines, and
brake
down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and
the
wall
of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among
the
Philistines.
14:026:007 And God helped him against the Philistines,
and against the
Arabians
that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.
14:026:008 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah:
and his name spread
abroad
even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened
himself
exceedingly.
14:026:009 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem
at the corner gate,
and
at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall,
and
fortified
them.
14:026:010 Also he built towers in the desert, and
digged many wells: for
he
had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the
plains:
husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains,
and
in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
14:026:011 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting
men, that went out to
war
by bands, according to the number of their account
by the
hand
of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the
hand
of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
14:026:012 The whole number of the chief of the fathers
of the mighty men
of
valour were two thousand and six hundred.
14:026:013 And under their hand was an army, three
hundred thousand and
seven
thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty
power,
to help the king against the enemy.


