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2 Chronicles · read by John Fitzpatrick
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2 Chronicles 26
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All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah
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Uzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah
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Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother's name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah
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And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah
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He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah
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Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah
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The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, for he had become exceedingly powerful.Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah
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Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah
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Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah
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Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah
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Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah
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And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah
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But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah
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Then Azariah the priest, along with eighty brave priests of the LORD, went in after him.Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah
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They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, "Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God."Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah
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Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah
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When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.Read from KJV · Lessons from Uzziah