3 Uzziah was 16 years old when he became king, and he ruled for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
4 He did what was right in the Lord’s eyes, just as his father Amaziah had done.
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.