1. All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was 16 years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
2. He rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after Amaziah the king rested with his fathers.
3. Uzziah was 16 years old when he became king and reigned 52 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.
4. He did what was right in the Lord’s sight as his father Amaziah had done.
5. He sought God throughout the lifetime of Zechariah, the teacher of the fear of God. During the time that he sought the Lord, God gave him success.
6. Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod. Then he built cities in the vicinity of Ashdod and among the Philistines.