2 Chronicles 26:9–15

⁹Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the ^mcorner gate, and at the ⁿvalley gate, and at ^othe turning of the wall, and fortified them. ¹⁰Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in ^pthe plains: ^qhusbandmen also, and ^qvinedressers in the mountains, and in ^rCarmel: for he loved husbandry. ¹¹Moreover Uzziah had a host of fighting men, that went out to war by ^sbands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ^truler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains. ¹²The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. ¹³And under their hand was an army, ^uthree hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. ¹⁴And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host ^xshields, and ^xspears, and ^yhelmets, and ^yzhabergeons, and ^xbows, and slings to cast stones. ¹⁵And he made in Jerusalem ^aengines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the ^bbulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.