2 Chronicles 26:1-8

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

2After Amaziah the king rested with his ancestors, Uzziah rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah.

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

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

5He sought God throughout the lifetime of Zechariah, the teacher of the fear of God. During the time that he sought the Lord, God gave him success.

6Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod. Then he built cities in the vicinity of Ashdod and among the Philistines.

7God helped him against the Philistines, the Arabs that live in Gur-baal, and the Meunites.

8The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the entrance of Egypt, for God made him very powerful.