1 GLT And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, and he was a son of 16 years. And they made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. BSB BSB: All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
2 GLT He himself built Eloth, and he restored it to Judah after the lying down of the king with his fathers. BSB BSB: Uzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
3 GLT A son of 16 years was Uzziah when he became king. And 52 years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Jekoliah from Jerusalem. BSB BSB: Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
4 GLT And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that Amaziah his father had done. BSB BSB: And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
5 GLT And he was seeking God in the days of Zechariah, the one instructing to see God. And in the days of his seeking Yahweh, God caused him to prosper. BSB BSB: He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.
6 GLT And he went out, and he fought against the Philistines. And he broke through the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod. And he built cities in Ashdod and among the Philistines. BSB BSB: Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.
7 GLT And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who dwelled in Gurbaal, and the Meunites. BSB BSB: God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.
8 GLT And the Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah. And his name went as far as the border of Egypt because he was becoming strong increasingly. BSB BSB: The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, for he had become exceedingly powerful.
9 GLT And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, and at the Valley Gate, and at the Angle, and he made them strong. BSB BSB: Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
10 GLT And he built towers in the wilderness, and he dug out many cisterns, for much cattle was to him, both in the lowlands and in the plains, and plowmen and vinedressers in the hills and in Carmel, for a lover of the ground he was. BSB BSB: Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
11 GLT And there was to Uzziah an army of doers of battle who went out for war according to the troop by the numbering of the mustering by the hand of Jeiel, the scribe, and Maaseiah, the official, under the hand of Hananiah, from the chiefs of the king. BSB BSB: Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.
12 GLT All the number of the heads of the fathers according to the mighty ones of strength, 2, 600. BSB BSB: The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.
13 GLT And under their hand, an army of war 307, 500 doers of battle with strength of power to help the king against the enemy. BSB BSB: Under their authority was an army of 307,500 trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.
14 GLT And Uzziah prepared for them— for all the army— shields, and spears, and helmets, and armor, and bows, and stones of slings. BSB BSB: Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.
15 GLT And he made in Jerusalem war machines, invention of an inventor, to be on the towers and on the corners to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name went out as far as a distance, for he did wondrously to be helped until when he was strong. BSB BSB: And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously until he became powerful.
16 GLT But at his strength, his heart was high until destroying, and he acted unfaithfully against Yahweh, his God, and he went into the temple of Yahweh to sacrifice on the altar of incense. BSB BSB: But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
17 GLT And Azariah, the priest, went in after him, and with him the priests of Yahweh, 80 sons of strength. BSB BSB: Then Azariah the priest, along with eighty brave priests of the LORD, went in after him.
18 GLT And they stood against Uzziah the king, and they said to him,“Not for you, Uzziah, to sacrifice to Yahweh, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, the ones consecrated to sacrifice. Go out from the sanctuary, for you acted unfaithfully, and not for you for honor from Yahweh God.” BSB BSB: They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.”
19 GLT And Uzziah raged, and in his hand was a censer to sacrifice. And when he raged against the priests, and the leprosy, it appeared on his forehead before the priests in the house of Yahweh from beside the altar of incense. BSB BSB: Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
20 GLT And Azariah the head priest turned to him, and all the priests, and, behold, he was leprous on his forehead. And they hastened him from there. And also, he himself hastened to go out, for Yahweh afflicted him. BSB BSB: When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.
21 GLT And Uzziah the king was leprous until the day of his death. And he dwelled in the house of separation, being leprous, for he was cut off from the house of Yahweh. And Jotham his son was over the house of the king, judging the people of the land. BSB BSB: So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.
22 GLT And the remainder of the matters of Uzziah, the first things and the last things, Isaiah, the son of Amoz, the prophet wrote. BSB BSB: As for the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from beginning to end, they are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
23 GLT And Uzziah laid down with his fathers. And they buried him with his fathers in the field of the grave that belonged to the kings, for they said,“Leprous is he.” And Jotham his son became king in his place. BSB BSB: And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings, for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
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