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The Ammonites gave offerings to Uzziah: and news of him went out as far as the limit of Egypt; for he became very great in power.

וַיִּתְּנ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

Uzziah made towers in Jerusalem, at the doorway in the angle and at the doorway in the valley and at the turn of the wall, arming them.

וַיִּ֨בֶן (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְחַזְּקֵֽם׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

And he put up towers in the waste land and made places for storing water, for he had much cattle, in the low hills and in the table land; and he had farmers and vine-keepers in the mountains and in the fertile land, for he was a lover of farming.

וַיִּ֨בֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחְצֹב֙ (וַ) va “and”

In addition, Uzziah had an army of fighting-men who went out to war in bands, as they had been listed by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the authority of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

And Uzziah had all these forces armed with body-covers and spears and head-covers and coats of metal and bows and stones for sending from leather bands.

וַיָּכֶן֩ (וַ) va “and”

And in Jerusalem he made machines, the invention of expert men, to be placed on the towers and angles of the walls for sending arrows and great stones. And his name was honoured far and wide; for he was greatly helped till he was strong.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֤א (וַ) va “and”

But when he had become strong, his heart was lifted up in pride, causing his destruction; and he did evil against the Lord his God; for he went into the Temple of the Lord for the purpose of burning perfumes on the altar of perfumes.

וַיִּמְעַ֖ל (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty of the Lord's priests, who were strong men;

וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And they made protests to Uzziah the king, and said to him, The burning of perfumes, Uzziah, is not your business but that of the priests, the sons of Aaron, who have been made holy for this work: go out of the holy place, for you have done wrong, and it

וַיַּעַמְד֞וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Uzziah was angry; and he had in his hand a vessel for burning perfume; and while his wrath was bitter against the priests, the mark of the leper's disease came out on his brow, before the eyes of the priests in the house of the Lord by the altar of

וַיִּזְעַף֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Azariah, the chief priest, and all the priests, looking at him, saw the mark of the leper on his brow, and they sent him out quickly and he himself went out straight away, for the Lord's punishment had come on him.

וַיִּ֣פֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיַּבְהִל֖וּהוּ (וַ) va “and”

So King Uzziah was a leper till the day of his death, living separately in his private house; for he was cut off from the house of God; and Jotham his son was ruling over his house, judging the people of the land.

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֜שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

So Uzziah went to rest with his fathers; and they put his body into the earth in the field used for the resting-place of the kings, for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son became king in his place.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done; but he did not go into the Temple of the Lord. And the people still went on in their evil ways.

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

He went to war with the king of the children of Ammon and overcame them. That year, the children of Ammon gave him a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of grain and ten thousand measures of barley. And the children of Ammon gave him the

וַיֶּחֱזַ֣ק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

So Jotham became strong, because in all his ways he made the Lord his guide.

וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֖ק (וַ) va “and”

And Jotham went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the earth in the town of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel and made images of metal for the Baals.

וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

More than this, he had offerings burned in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and made his children go through fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

וַיַּבְעֵ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

And he made offerings and had perfumes burned in the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

וַיְזַבֵּ֧חַ (וַ) va “and”וַיְקַטֵּ֛ר (וַ) va “and”

So the Lord his God gave him up into the hands of the king of Aram; and they overcame him, and took away a great number of his people as prisoners to Damascus. Then he was given into the hands of the king of Israel, who sent great destruction on him.

וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֜הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּ֨כּוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁבּ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֖יאוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּךְ־ (וַ) va “and”

For Pekah, the son of Remaliah, in one day put to death a hundred and twenty thousand men of Judah, all of them good fighting-men; because they had given up the Lord, the God of their fathers.

וַיַּהֲרֹג֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Zichri, a great fighting-man of Ephraim, put to death Maaseiah, the king's son, and Azrikam, the controller of his house, and Elkanah, who was second in authority to the king.

וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֞ג (וַֽ) va “and”

And the children of Israel took away as prisoners from their brothers, two hundred thousand, women and sons and daughters, and a great store of their goods, and took them to Samaria.

וַיִּשְׁבּוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֥יאוּ (וַ) va “and”

But a prophet of the Lord was there, named Oded; and he went out in front of the army which was coming into Samaria and said to them, Truly, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he gave them up into your hands, and you have pu

וַיֵּצֵ֗א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתַּֽהַרְגוּ־ (וַ) va. “and”