2 Chronicles 26:1-8

1And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

2It was he that built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

3Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

4And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

5And he sought 1God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of 2God; and in the days that he sought Jehovah, 3God made him to prosper.

6And he went forth and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

7And 4God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-Baal, and the Maonites.

8And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad to the entrance of Egypt; for he became exceeding strong.