1. Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was 16 years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
2. He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers.
3. Uzziah was 16 years old when he became king, and he reigned 52 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.
4. He did what was right in the eyes of Adonai just as his father Amaziah had done.
5. He continued to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding through the visions of God. As long as he sought Adonai, God made him prosper.
6. He went out and fought the Philistines and breached the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod. He built cities in Ashdod and among the Philistines.
7. God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs who dwelt in Gur-Baal, and against the Meunites.
8. The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread abroad even to the border of Egypt, for he became exceedingly strong.
9. Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate and at the Angle, and fortified them.
10. He also built towers in the wilderness and dug out many cisterns because he had much livestock, and he had farmers in the foothills and in the plain and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fertile fields—for he loved the soil.