2 Chronicles 26:1-8 ▼

1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was only sixteen years old, and made him king to succeed Amaziah his father.

2 It was he who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his ancestors.

3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah, from Jerusalem.

4 He did what was right in the LORD’s sight, just as his father Amaziah had done.

5 He was prepared to seek God as long as Zechariah lived, who taught him to fear God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper.

6 He went out and fought the Philistines and razed the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod, and built cities in the district of Ashdod and in Philistia.

7 God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabians who dwelt in Gurbaal, and against the Meunites.

8 The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah and his fame spread as far as Egypt, for he grew stronger and stronger.