English Bible Presentation Sharing - 2-Chronicles Book, chapter 26, verse 1 in Nlv Version

2 Chronicles 26 : 1 (NLV)

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

2 Chronicles 26 : 2 (NLV)

He built Eloth and returned it to Judah after the king died.

2 Chronicles 26 : 3 (NLV)

Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king. And he ruled fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 26 : 4 (NLV)

Uzziah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He did all that his father Amaziah had done.

2 Chronicles 26 : 5 (NLV)

He kept on looking to God in the days of Zechariah, who had special wisdom from God and taught him in the things of God. And as long as he looked to the Lord, God made things go well for him.

2 Chronicles 26 : 6 (NLV)

Uzziah went out and made war against the Philistines. He broke down the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod. And he built cities in the land of Ashdod and among the Philistines.

2 Chronicles 26 : 7 (NLV)

God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.

2 Chronicles 26 : 8 (NLV)

The Ammonites paid taxes to Uzziah. And his name was known as far as the land of Egypt, for he became very strong.

2 Chronicles 26 : 9 (NLV)

Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the place where the walls joined. And he made them strong.

2 Chronicles 26 : 10 (NLV)

He built towers in the desert and dug many wells. For he had many animals, both in the valley and in the plain. He also had farmers and vine-keepers in the hill country and in the good growing fields, for he loved farming.

2 Chronicles 26 : 11 (NLV)

And Uzziah had an army ready for battle. It was divided by the number of names written down by Jeiel the writer and Maaseiah the captain, led by Hananiah, one of the king's leaders.

2 Chronicles 26 : 12 (NLV)

The whole number of the leaders of the family groups of powerful soldiers was 2,600.

2 Chronicles 26 : 13 (NLV)

Under their leading was an army of 307,500, who could fight with great power, to help the king against those who hated them.

2 Chronicles 26 : 14 (NLV)

Uzziah had battle-coverings, spears, head-coverings, strong battleclothes, bows, and slings using arrows and large stones made for all the army.

2 Chronicles 26 : 15 (NLV)

In Jerusalem he made large objects of war, planned by able men, to be on the towers and the corners. They were for shooting arrows and big stones. So Uzziah's name became known in far away places. For he was helped by God in a very special way until he was strong.

2 Chronicles 26 : 16 (NLV)

But when he became strong, Uzziah's heart was so proud that his actions were sinful. He was not faithful to the Lord his God, for he went into the Lord's house to burn special perfume on the altar of special perfume.

2 Chronicles 26 : 17 (NLV)

Then Azariah the religious leader went in after him, with eighty religious leaders of the Lord who were men strong in heart.

2 Chronicles 26 : 18 (NLV)

They went against King Uzziah and said to him, "It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn special perfume to the Lord. It should be done by the religious leaders, the sons of Aaron, who are set apart to burn special perfume. Get out of the holy place, for you have not been faithful. You will have no honor from the Lord God."

2 Chronicles 26 : 19 (NLV)

Then Uzziah was angry, and he had a dish in his hand for burning special perfume. While he was angry with the religious leaders, a bad skin disease broke out on his forehead in front of the religious leaders in the Lord's house, beside the altar of special perfume.

2 Chronicles 26 : 20 (NLV)

Azariah the head religious leader and all the religious leaders looked at him and saw that he had a bad skin disease on his forehead. So they were quick to get him out of there, and he himself left in a hurry because the Lord had punished him.

2 Chronicles 26 : 21 (NLV)

King Uzziah had the bad skin disease to the day of his death. He lived in a separate house, suffering with the skin disease, for he was cut off from the house of the Lord. And his son Jotham was over the king's house, ruling the people of the land.

2 Chronicles 26 : 22 (NLV)

Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first to last, were written by the man of God Isaiah, the son of Amoz.

2 Chronicles 26 : 23 (NLV)

Uzziah died, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the grave which belonged to the kings. For they said, "He has a bad skin disease." And Jotham his son became king in his place.