5. He sought God as long as Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God, was alive. And as long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success.
6. He marched against the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he rebuilt towns near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.
7. God helped him against the Philistines, the Arabs who inhabited Gur, and the Meunites.
8. The Meunites paid taxes to Uzziah, whose fame spread even to Egypt because he had grown so powerful.
9. He built towers in Jerusalem, at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and at the Angle, and reinforced them.
10. He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many wells for his large herds in the lowlands and the plain. He had many workers who tended his farms and vineyards, because he loved the soil.
11. Uzziah had a standing army equipped for combat whose units went to war according to the number determined by the scribe Jeiel and Maaseiah, an officer under the authority of Hananiah, one of the king’s officials.