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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Chronicles 26 WBT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_chronicles/26.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_chronicles/26-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WBT</a> > 2 Chronicles 26</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/25.htm" title="2 Chronicles 25">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 26 <a href="../2_chronicles/27.htm" title="2 Chronicles 27">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Webster Bible Translation</div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">Uzziah Reigns in Judah<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_kings/14.htm#17">2 Kings 14:17-22</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="hdg">Uzziah's Victories</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt: for he strengthened himself exceedingly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had many 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Moreover, Uzziah had an army 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valor were two thousand and six hundred. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was helped in a wonderful manner, till he was strong.</p> <p class="hdg">Uzziah's Pride, Leprosy, Death</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said to him, It appertaineth not to thee, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither will it be for thy honor from the LORD God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests looked upon him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, were written by Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amos. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Webster Bible Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_chronicles/25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_chronicles/27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/2_chronicles/26-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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