1. Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
2. He was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his ancestors.
3. Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
4. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done.
5. He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success.
6. He went to war against the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh and Ashdod. He then rebuilt towns near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.
7. God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabs who lived in Gur Baal and against the Meunites.
8. The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, because he had become very powerful.
9. Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate and at the angle of the wall, and he fortified them.