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2 Chronicles 26 Summary
Uzziah's Strength and Transgression
Uzziah becomes king at age sixteen and reigns fifty-two years. He seeks God through the prophet Zechariah and prospers, warring successfully against Philistines, Arabians, and Ammonites while strengthening Jerusalem's fortifications and military. His fame spreads to Egypt. However, his heart becomes proud in his strength and he transgresses by entering the temple to burn incense himself, contrary to the law. When the priests Azariah and eighty others confront him, he angrily refuses. Leprosy immediately appears on his forehead, and he is thrust out, remaining a leper until his death, isolated from the temple.
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2 Chronicles 26:4-5
“And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.”
2 Chronicles 26:15
“And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.”
2 Chronicles 26:16
“But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.”
2 Chronicles 26:19-20
“Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.”
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