1. All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
2. He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
3. Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem.
4. He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
5. He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God; and as long as he sought Yahweh, God made him prosper.
6. He went out and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines.