| NET Bible | New International Version |
| 1All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah's place. | 1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. |
| 2Uzziah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah had passed away. | 2He was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his ancestors. |
| 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. | 3Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother's name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem. |
| 4He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. | 4He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done. |
| 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. | 5He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success. |
| 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. | 6He went to war against the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh and Ashdod. He then rebuilt towns near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines. |
| 7God helped him in his campaigns against the Philistines, the Arabs living in Gur Baal, and the Meunites. | 7God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabs who lived in Gur Baal and against the Meunites. |
| 8The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah and his fame reached the border of Egypt, for he grew in power. | 8The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, because he had become very powerful. |
| 9Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle. | 9Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate and at the angle of the wall, and he fortified them. |
| 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. | 10He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns, because he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain. He had people working his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil. |
| 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. | 11Uzziah had a well-trained army, ready to go out by divisions according to their numbers as mustered by Jeiel the secretary and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officials. |
| 12The total number of family leaders who led warriors was 2,600. | 12The total number of family leaders over the fighting men was 2,600. |
| 13They commanded an army of 307,500 skilled and able warriors who were ready to defend the king against his enemies. | 13Under their command was an army of 307,500 men trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies. |
| 14Uzziah supplied shields, spears, helmets, breastplates, bows, and slingstones for the entire army. | 14Uzziah provided shields, spears, helmets, coats of armor, bows and slingstones for the entire army. |
| 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. | 15In Jerusalem he made devices invented for use on the towers and on the corner defenses so that soldiers could shoot arrows and hurl large stones from the walls. His fame spread far and wide, for he was greatly helped until he became powerful. |
| 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. | 16But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. |
| 17Azariah the priest and eighty other brave priests of the LORD followed him in. | 17Azariah the priest with eighty other courageous priests of the LORD followed him in. |
| 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!" | 18They confronted King Uzziah and said, "It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by the LORD God." |
| 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. | 19Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the LORD's temple, leprosy broke out on his forehead. |
| 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. | 20When Azariah the chief priest and all the other priests looked at him, they saw that he had leprosy on his forehead, so they hurried him out. Indeed, he himself was eager to leave, because the LORD had afflicted him. |
| 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. | 21King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house --leprous, and banned from the temple of the LORD. Jotham his son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land. |
| 22The rest of the events of Uzziah's reign, from start to finish, were recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. | 22The other events of Uzziah's reign, from beginning to end, are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. |
| 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. | 23Uzziah rested with his ancestors and was buried near them in a cemetery that belonged to the kings, for people said, "He had leprosy." And Jotham his son succeeded him as king. |
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