2 Chronicles 26

1 and to take: take all people Judah [obj] Uzziah and he/she/it son: aged six ten year and to reign [obj] him underneath: instead father his Amaziah

After King Amaziah died, all the people of Judah appointed his son Uzziah, who then was 16 years old, as their king. [One of the things that happened] while he was the king [was that] his men captured Elath [town on the Gulf of Aqaba] and rebuilt it.

2 he/she/it to build [obj] Eloth and to return: rescue her to/for Judah after to lie down: be dead [the] king with father his

3 son: aged six ten year Uzziah in/on/with to reign he and fifty and two year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and name mother his (Jecoliah *Q(K)*) from Jerusalem

Uzziah ruled in Jerusalem for 52 years. His mother was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

4 and to make: do [the] upright in/on/with eye: appearance LORD like/as all which to make: do Amaziah father his

Uzziah did things that Yahweh considered to be good, like his father Amaziah had done.

5 and to be to/for to seek God in/on/with day Zechariah [the] to understand in/on/with to see: seer [the] God and in/on/with day to seek he [obj] LORD to prosper him [the] God

He tried to please God while [the priest] Zechariah was living, because Zechariah taught him to revere God. As long as Uzziah tried to please God, God enabled him to be successful.

6 and to come out: come and to fight in/on/with Philistine and to break through [obj] wall Gath and [obj] wall Jabneh and [obj] wall Ashdod and to build city in/on/with Ashdod and in/on/with Philistine

Uzziah and his army started to fight against the army of Philistia. They tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod [cities]. Then they rebuilt the towns near Ashdod and in other places in Philistia.

7 and to help him [the] God upon Philistine and upon ([the] Arabian *Q(k)*) [the] to dwell in/on/with Gurbaal Gurbaal and [the] Meunite

God helped them to fight the army of Philistia and the Arabs who lived in [the town of] Gur-Baal and the descendants of Meun who had come to that area from Edom.

8 and to give: pay [the] Ammon offering: tribute to/for Uzziah and to go: walk name his till to/for to come (in): towards Egypt for to strengthen: strengthen till to/for above [to]

Even the Ammon [people-group] paid taxes to Uzziah each year. So Uzziah became famous as far as the border of Egypt, because he had become very powerful.

9 and to build Uzziah tower in/on/with Jerusalem upon gate [the] Corner (Gate) and upon gate [the] Valley (Gate) and upon [the] Angle and to strengthen: strengthen them

Uzziah’s [workers] built watchtowers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the place where the wall turns, and they placed weapons in them.

10 and to build tower in/on/with wilderness and to hew pit many for livestock many to be to/for him and in/on/with Shephelah and in/on/with plain farmer and to tend vineyards in/on/with mountain: mount and in/on/with plantation for to love: lover land: soil to be

They also built watchtowers in the desert and dug many wells. They did that [to provide water] for a lot of the king’s cattle that were in the foothills and in the plains. Uzziah liked farming, so he also stationed workers [to take care of] his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile areas.

11 and to be to/for Uzziah strength: soldiers to make: [do] battle to come out: regular army: war to/for band in/on/with number punishment their in/on/with hand: to (Jeiel *Q(K)*) [the] secretary and Maaseiah [the] official upon hand: power Hananiah from ruler [the] king

Uzziah’s army was trained for fighting battles. They were in groups that were always ready to go into battle. Jeiel, the king’s secretary, and Maaseiah, one of the army officers, counted the men and placed them in groups. Hananiah, one of the king’s officials, was their commander.

12 all number head: leader [the] father to/for mighty man strength thousand and six hundred

There were 2,600 leaders of those groups of soldiers.

13 and upon hand: power their strength: soldiers army: war three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred to make battle in/on/with strength strength to/for to help to/for king upon [the] enemy

In the groups that those leaders commanded there were a total of 307,500 well-trained soldiers. It was a very powerful army which was ready to help the king fight against his enemies.

14 and to establish: prepare to/for them Uzziah to/for all [the] army shield and spear and helmet and armor and bow and to/for stone sling

Uzziah gave to each soldier a shield, a spear, a helmet, a vest made of iron plates, a bow [and arrows], and a slingshot.

15 and to make in/on/with Jerusalem invention plot to devise: design to/for to be upon [the] tower and upon [the] corner to/for to shoot in/on/with arrow and in/on/with stone great: large and to come out: issue name his till to/for from distant for to wonder to/for to help till for to strengthen: strengthen

In Jerusalem his skilled workers made machines to put on the watchtowers and on the corners [of the walls], to shoot arrows and to hurl large stones. He became very famous even in distant places, because God helped him very much and enabled him to become very powerful.

16 and like/as strength his to exult heart his till to/for to ruin and be unfaithful in/on/with LORD God his and to come (in): come to(wards) temple LORD to/for to offer: burn upon altar [the] incense

But because Uzziah was very powerful, he became very proud, and that led to his being punished. He disobeyed what Yahweh his God had commanded. He went into the temple to burn incense on the altar [where God had said that only the priests should burn] incense.

17 and to come (in): come after him Azariah [the] priest and with him priest to/for LORD eighty son: descendant/people strength

Azariah the [Supreme] Priest and 80 other brave priests followed him into the temple.

18 and to stand: stand upon Uzziah [the] king and to say to/for him not to/for you Uzziah to/for to offer: burn to/for LORD for to/for priest son: descendant/people Aaron [the] to consecrate: consecate to/for to offer: burn to come out: come from [the] sanctuary for be unfaithful and not to/for you to/for glory from LORD God

They rebuked him and said to him, “Uzziah, it is not right for you to burn incense to [honor] Yahweh. That duty is only for the priests, those who are descendants of Aaron [our first Supreme Priest]! You must leave [immediately], because you have disobeyed Yahweh our God, and he will not honor you [for what you have done]!”

19 and to enrage Uzziah and in/on/with hand his censer to/for to offer: burn and in/on/with to enrage he with [the] priest and [the] leprosy to rise in/on/with forehead his to/for face [the] priest in/on/with house: temple LORD from upon to/for altar [the] incense

Uzziah had in his hand a pan for burning incense. He became very angry with the priests, but suddenly there was leprosy on his forehead.

20 and to turn to(wards) him Azariah priest [the] head: leader and all [the] priest and behold he/she/it be leprous in/on/with forehead his and to dismay him from there and also he/she/it to hasten to/for to come out: come for to touch him LORD

When Azariah the [Supreme] Priest and all the other priests [who were there] looked at him, they saw the leprosy on his forehead, so they quickly took him outside. And truly the king was eager to leave the temple, because he knew that it was Yahweh who had caused him to have that leprosy, [and he did not want it to become worse.]

21 and to be Uzziah [the] king be leprous till day death his and to dwell house: home ([the] freedom *Q(k)*) be leprous for to cut from house: temple LORD and Jotham son: child his upon house: palace [the] king to judge [obj] people [the] land: country/planet

King Uzziah had leprosy until he died. And because he had leprosy, he lived in a house that was not near other houses, and he was not allowed to enter [the courtyard of] the temple. His son Jotham supervised the palace and ruled the people of Judah.

22 and remainder word: deed Uzziah [the] first and [the] last to write Isaiah son: child Amoz [the] prophet

A record of all the other things that Uzziah did while he was the king [of Judah] was written by the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz.

23 and to lie down: be dead Uzziah with father his and to bury [obj] him with father his in/on/with land: country [the] tomb which to/for king for to say be leprous he/she/it and to reign Jotham son: child his underneath: instead him

Because Uzziah was a leper, [when he died, ] they would not bury him in the tombs where the other kings were buried. Instead, he was buried in a nearby cemetery that the kings owned. Then his son Jotham became the king [of Judah].