2 Chronicles 26:12–19

¹²The total number of the heads of the ¹households, of valiant warriors, was 2,600.

¹³Under their direction was an ¹elite army of ^a307,500, who could wage war with great power, to help the king against the enemy.

¹⁴Moreover, Uzziah prepared ¹for all the army shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows and sling stones.

¹⁵In Jerusalem he made engines of war invented by skillful men to be on the towers and on the corners for the purpose of shooting arrows and great stones. Hence his ¹fame spread afar, for he was marvelously helped until he was strong.

Pride Is Uzziah’s Undoing

¹⁶But ^awhen he became strong, his heart was so ¹proud that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful to the Lord his God, for ^bhe entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

¹⁷Then ^aAzariah the priest entered after him and with him eighty priests of the Lord, valiant men.

^18aThey opposed Uzziah the king and said to him, “^bIt is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, ^cbut for the priests, the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful and will have no honor from the Lord God.”

¹⁹But Uzziah, with a censer in his hand for burning incense, was enraged; and while he was enraged with the priests, ^athe leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, beside the altar of incense.