¹²The total number of ⁵chief officers of the mighty men of valor was two thousand six hundred. ¹³And under their authority was an army of three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. ¹⁴Then Uzziah prepared for them, for the entire army, shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows, and slings to cast stones. ¹⁵And he made devices in Jerusalem, invented by ⁱskillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and large stones. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was marvelously helped till he became strong.

The Penalty for Uzziah’s Pride

¹⁶But ^jwhen he was strong his heart was ^klifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the Lord his God ^lby entering the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense. ¹⁷So ^mAzariah the priest went in after him, and with him were eighty priests of the Lord—valiant men. ¹⁸And they withstood King Uzziah, and said to him, “It ⁿis not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, but for the ^opriests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed! You shall have no honor from the Lord God.”

¹⁹Then Uzziah became furious; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was angry with the priests, ^pleprosy broke out on his forehead, before the priests in the house of the Lord, beside the incense altar.

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Footnotes

5Lit. chief fathers

Cross references

i Ex. 39:3, 8
j[Deut. 32:15]
k Deut. 8:14; 2 Chr. 25:19
l 1 Kin. 13:1–4; 2 Kin. 16:12, 13
m 1 Chr. 6:10
n[Num. 3:10; 16:39, 40; 18:7]
o Ex. 30:7, 8; Heb. 7:14
p Lev. 13:42; Num. 12:10; 2 Kin. 5:25–27