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.