| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. | 1All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah's place. |
| 2He built Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers. | 2Uzziah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah had passed away. |
| 3Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. | 3Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem. |
| 4And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. | 4He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. |
| 5He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God, and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper. | 5He followed God during the lifetime of Zechariah, who taught him how to honor God. As long as he followed the LORD, God caused him to succeed. |
| 6He went out and made war against the Philistines and broke through the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod, and he built cities in the territory of Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines. | 6Uzziah attacked the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities in the region of Ashdod and throughout Philistine territory. |
| 7God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians who lived in Gurbaal and against the Meunites. | 7God helped him in his campaigns against the Philistines, the Arabs living in Gur Baal, and the Meunites. |
| 8The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread even to the border of Egypt, for he became very strong. | 8The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah and his fame reached the border of Egypt, for he grew in power. |
| 9Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate and at the Angle, and fortified them. | 9Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle. |
| 10And he built towers in the wilderness and cut out many cisterns, for he had large herds, both in the Shephelah and in the plain, and he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil. | 10He built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, for he owned many herds in the lowlands and on the plain. He had workers in the fields and vineyards in the hills and in Carmel, for he loved agriculture. |
| 11Moreover, Uzziah had an army of soldiers, fit for war, in divisions according to the numbers in the muster made by Jeiel the secretary and Maaseiah the officer, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king’s commanders. | 11Uzziah had an army of skilled warriors trained for battle. They were organized by divisions according to the muster rolls made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, a royal official. |
| 12The whole number of the heads of fathers’ houses of mighty men of valor was 2,600. | 12The total number of family leaders who led warriors was 2,600. |
| 13Under their command was an army of 307,500, who could make war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. | 13They commanded an army of 307,500 skilled and able warriors who were ready to defend the king against his enemies. |
| 14And Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging. | 14Uzziah supplied shields, spears, helmets, breastplates, bows, and slingstones for the entire army. |
| 15In Jerusalem he made machines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong. | 15In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful. |
| 16But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the LORD his God and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. | 16But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. He disobeyed the LORD his God. He entered the LORD's temple to offer incense on the incense altar. |
| 17But Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty priests of the LORD who were men of valor, | 17Azariah the priest and eighty other brave priests of the LORD followed him in. |
| 18and they withstood King Uzziah and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have done wrong, and it will bring you no honor from the LORD God.” | 18They confronted King Uzziah and said to him, "It is not proper for you, Uzziah, to offer incense to the LORD. That is the responsibility of the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who are consecrated to offer incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have disobeyed and the LORD God will not honor you!" |
| 19Then Uzziah was angry. Now he had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and when he became angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the LORD, by the altar of incense. | 19Uzziah, who had an incense censer in his hand, became angry. While he was ranting and raving at the priests, a skin disease appeared on his forehead right there in front of the priests in the LORD's temple near the incense altar. |
| 20And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead! And they rushed him out quickly, and he himself hurried to go out, because the LORD had struck him. | 20When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king himself wanted to leave quickly because the LORD had afflicted him. |
| 21And King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death, and being a leper lived in a separate house, for he was excluded from the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son was over the king’s household, governing the people of the land. | 21King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the LORD's temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land. |
| 22Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from first to last, Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz wrote. | 22The rest of the events of Uzziah's reign, from start to finish, were recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. |
| 23And Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the burial field that belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” And Jotham his son reigned in his place. | 23Uzziah passed away and was buried near his ancestors in a cemetery belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.) His son Jotham replaced him as king. |
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