12. The whole number of the heads of fathers’ houses of mighty men of valor was 2,600.
13. Under their command was an army of 307,500, who could make war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
14. And Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging.
15. In 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.
16. But 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.