2Ch 26 | EngLXX | STEP | Then all the people of the land took Ozias, and he was sixteen years old, and they madehim king in the room of his father Amasias.

‏ 2 Chronicles 26

1 Then all the people of the land took Ozias, and he was sixteen years old, and they madehim king in the room of his father Amasias. 2 He built Aelath, he recovered it to Juda, after the king slept with his fathers. 3 Ozias began to reign at the age of sixteen years, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem:and his mother's name was Jechelia of Jerusalem. 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Amasiashis father did. 5 And he sought the Lord in the days of Zacharias, who understood the fear of the Lord;and in his days he sought the Lord, and the Lord prospered him. 6 And he went out and fought against the Philistines, and pulled down the walls of Geth,and the walls of Jabner, and the walls of Azotus, and he built citiesnear Azotus, and among the Philistines. 7 And the Lord strengthened him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that livedon the rock, and against the Minaeans. 8 And the Minaeans gave gifts to Ozias; and his fame spread as far as the entering in ofEgypt, for he strengthenedhimself exceedingly. 9 And Ozias built towers in Jerusalem, both at the gate of the corners, and at the valleygate, and at the corners and he fortified them. 10 And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many wells, for he had many cattle inthe low country and in the plain; and vinedressers in the mountain country and in Carmel: for he was ahusbandman. 11 And Ozias had a host of warriors, and that went out orderly to war, and returned orderlyin number; and their number wasmade by the hand of Jeiel the scribe, and Maasias the judge, by the hand of Ananias the king'sdeputy. 12 The whole number of the chiefs of families of the mighty men of warwas two thousand six hundred; 13 and with them was a warrior force, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and fivehundred: these waged war mightily to help the king againsthis enemies. 14 And Ozias prepared for them,even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and breastplates, and bows, and slingsfor stones. 15 And he made in Jerusalem machines invented by a wise contriver, to be upon the towersand upon the corners, to cast darts and great stones: andthe fame of their preparation was heard at a distance; for he was wonderfully helped, tillhe was strong. 16 And when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction; and he transgressedagainst the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to turn incense on the altar of incense. 17 And there went in after him Azarias the priest, and with him eighty priests of the Lord,mighty men. 18 And they withstood Ozias the king, and said to him,It is not for you, Ozias, to burn incense to the Lord, but only for the priests the sons ofAaron, who are consecrated to sacrifice: go forth of the sanctuary, for you have departed from the Lord;and this shall not be for glory to you from the Lord god. 19 And Ozias was angry, and in his handwas the censer to burn incense in the temple: and when he was angry with the priests, thenthe leprosy rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, over the altar of incense. 20 And Azarias the chief priest, and theother priests, turnedto look at him, and, behold, hewas leprous in his forehead; and they got him hastily out thence, for he also hasted to goout, because the Lord had rebuked him. 21 And Ozias the king was a leper to the day of his death, and he livedas a leper in a separate house; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord: and Joathanhis sonwas set over his kingdom, judging the people of the land. 22 And the rest of the acts of Ozias, the first and the last,are written by Jessias the prophet. 23 And Ozias slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field ofthe burialplace of the kings, for they said, He is a leper; and Joatham his son reigned in his stead.