1 omnis autem populus Iuda
filium eius Oziam annorum sedecim constituit regem pro patre suo Amasia
2 ipse aedificavit Ahilath et restituit eam dicioni Iudae
postquam dormivit rex cum patribus suis
3 sedecim annorum erat Ozias cum regnare coepisset
et quinquaginta duobus annis regnavit in Hierusalem
nomen matris eius Hiechelia de Hierusalem
4 fecitque quod erat rectum in oculis Domini
iuxta omnia quae fecerat Amasias pater eius
5 et exquisivit Deum
in diebus Zacchariae intellegentis et videntis Deum
cumque requireret Dominum direxit eum in omnibus
6 denique egressus est et pugnavit contra Philisthim
et destruxit murum Geth et murum Iabniae murumque Azoti
aedificavit quoque oppida in Azoto et in Philisthim
7 et adiuvit eum Deus contra Philisthim
et contra Arabas qui habitabant in Gurbaal
et contra Ammanitas
8 pendebantque Ammanitae munera Oziae
et divulgatum est nomen eius usque ad introitum Aegypti
propter crebras victorias
9 aedificavitque Ozias turres in Hierusalem
super portam Anguli et super portam Vallis
et reliquas in eodem muri latere firmavitque eas
10 extruxit etiam turres in solitudine
et fodit cisternas plurimas
eo quod haberet multa pecora
tam in campestribus quam in heremi vastitate
vineas quoque habuit et vinitores in montibus et in Carmelo
erat quippe homo agriculturae deditus
11 fuit autem exercitus bellatorum eius qui procedebant ad proelia
sub manu Hiehihel scribae Maasiaeque doctoris
et sub manu Ananiae qui erat de ducibus regis
12 omnisque numerus principum per familias virorum fortium
duum milium sescentorum
13 et sub eis universus exercitus
trecentorum et septem milium quingentorum
qui erant apti ad bella et pro rege contra adversarios dimicabant
14 praeparavit quoque eis Ozias id est cuncto exercitui
clypeos et hastas et galeas et loricas
arcusque et fundas ad iaciendos lapides
15 et fecit in Hierusalem diversi generis machinas
quas in turribus conlocavit et in angulis murorum
ut mitterent sagittas et saxa grandia
egressumque est nomen eius procul
eo quod auxiliaretur ei Dominus et corroborasset illum
16 sed cum roboratus esset elevatum est cor eius in interitum suum
et neglexit Dominum Deum suum
ingressusque templum Domini
adolere voluit incensum super altare thymiamatis
17 statimque ingressus post eum Azarias sacerdos
et cum eo sacerdotes Domini octoginta viri fortissimi
18 restiterunt regi atque dixerunt
non est tui officii Ozia ut adoleas incensum Domino
sed sacerdotum hoc est filiorum Aaron
qui consecrati sunt ad huiuscemodi ministerium
egredere de sanctuario ne contempseris
quia non reputabitur tibi in gloriam hoc a Domino Deo
19 iratusque est Ozias
et tenens in manu turibulum ut adoleret incensum minabatur
sacerdotibus
statimque orta est lepra in fronte eius
coram sacerdotibus in domo Domini super altare thymiamatis
20 cumque respexisset eum Azarias pontifex et omnes reliqui sacerdotes
viderunt lepram in fronte eius et festinato expulerunt eum
sed et ipse perterritus adceleravit egredi
eo quod sensisset ilico plagam Domini
21 fuit igitur Ozias rex leprosus usque ad diem mortis
suae
et habitavit in domo separata plenus lepra
ob quam et eiectus fuerat de domo
Domini
porro Ioatham filius eius rexit domum regis
et iudicabat populum terrae
22 reliqua autem sermonum Oziae priorum et novissimorum
scripsit Esaias filius Amos propheta
23 dormivitque Ozias cum patribus suis
et sepelierunt eum in agro regalium sepulchrorum
eo quod esset leprosus
regnavitque Ioatham filius eius pro eo
1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. 2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did. 5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. 6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. 7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims. 8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly. 9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall , and fortified them. 10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also , and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. 11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains. 12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. 13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. 15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
16 ¶ But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. 17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: 18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God. 19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar. 20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. 21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
22 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. 23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.