2 Chronicles 26:1-8

1All the people of Judah had crowned Amaziah’s sixteen-year-old son, Uzziah, as king in place of his father.

2After his father’s death, Uzziah rebuilt the town of Elath and restored it to Judah.

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

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

5Uzziah sought God during the days of Zechariah, who taught him to fear God. And as long as the king sought guidance from the Lord, God gave him success.

6Uzziah declared war on the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built new towns in the Ashdod area and in other parts of Philistia.

7God helped him in his wars against the Philistines, his battles with the Arabs of Gur, and his wars with the Meunites.

8The Meunites paid annual tribute to him, and his fame spread even to Egypt, for he had become very powerful.