2 Chronicles Chapter 26
So everyone in Judah was like, "Bet," and crowned Uzziah as king when he was just sixteen, stepping up for his pops Amaziah.
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who {was} sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. {Uzziah: or, Azariah}
He crafted Eloth and handed it back to Judah, then the king kicked the bucket, no cap.
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Only sixteen when he started his reign, Uzziah ruled for 52 years in Jerusalem. His mom? Jecoliah, straight outta Jerusalem.
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.
He kept it real in God's sight, staying 100 like his dad Amaziah.
And he did {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
During the days of Zechariah, who was blessed with serious insights from God, Uzziah was all about seeking the Lord. As long as he vibed with God, he was blessed, fr.
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. {in the visions...: Heb. in the seeing of God}
Uzziah went off and waged war against the Philistines, breaking down walls in Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod, and building cities around Ashdod and the Philistines.
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. {about...: or, in the country of Ashdod}
God was totally his wingman against the Philistines and the Arabians chillin' in Gur–baal, plus the Mehunims.
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.
The Ammonites sent gifts his way, and his name was buzzing all the way to Egypt because he was flexing hard.
And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad {even} to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened {himself} exceedingly. {spread...: Heb. went}
Uzziah threw up towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, valley gate, and at wall bends, locking those places down, no cap.
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. {fortified: or, repaired}
He also slapped some towers up in the desert and dug mad wells, since he had tons of cattle in the lowlands and plains, plus farmers and vine dressers in the mountains and Carmel—he was all about that farm grind.
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. {digged...: or, cut out many cisterns} {Carmel: or, fruitful fields} {husbandry: Heb. ground}
Uzziah had a crew of soldiers rolling out to battle in squads, counted up by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
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.
The big homies leading the elite warriors were a solid 2,600, for real.
The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour {were} two thousand and six hundred.
There was a whole army backing them up, 307,500 flexing hard, ready to support the king against foes.
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. {an army: Heb. the power of an army}
Uzziah set them up with shields, spears, helmets, and bows, getting them all suited up, fr.
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings {to cast} stones. {slings...: Heb. stones of slings}
He crafted some epic machines in Jerusalem, designed by clever homies, that shot arrows and big stones from the towers and walls. His name spread mad far because he was blessed big time until he became super strong.
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. {spread: Heb. went forth}
But when his strength peaked, his ego inflated, leading to his downfall; he stepped to the Lord his God and entered the temple to burn incense on the altar.
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.
Azariah the priest came in after him with 80 bold priests of the Lord.
And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, {that were} valiant men:
They confronted Uzziah, saying, "Yo, Uzziah, this ain't your role to burn incense; that's for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are set apart for it. Bounce from the sanctuary; you're outta line, and it won't end well for you with the Lord."
And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, {It appertaineth} not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto 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 {shall it be} for thine honour from the LORD God.
Uzziah got heated, holding a censer to burn incense, but while he was going off at the priests, leprosy showed up on his forehead right in front of them at the Lord's house, next to the incense altar.
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.
Azariah the chief priest and all the priests spied him, and boom, he was leprous on his forehead. They kicked him out, and he was in a rush to leave 'cause the Lord hit him with that.
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.
Uzziah remained a leper until he passed, living in a separate crib, cut off from the Lord's house; Jotham, his son, took over the king's duties, judging the people.
And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several 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. {several: Heb. free}
The rest of Uzziah's adventures, from start to finish, were documented by Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz.
Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
So Uzziah passed away, and they laid him to rest with his fam in the kings' burial spot, saying, "He was a leper," and Jotham, his son, claimed the throne.
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.