2 Chronicles 26

¹And all the people of Juda took his son Ozias, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of Amasias his father.

²He built Ailath, and restored it to the dominion of Juda, after that the king slept with his fathers.

³Ozias was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Jechelia of Jerusalem.

⁴And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Amasias his father had done.

⁵And he sought the Lord in the days of Zacharias that understood and saw God: and as long as he sought the Lord, he directed him in all things.

⁶Moreover he went forth and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Geth, and the wall of Jabnia, and the wall of Azotus: and he built towns in Azotus, and among the Philistines.

⁷And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians, that dwelt in Gurbaal, and against the Ammonites.

⁸And the ammonites gave gifts to Ozias: and his name was spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt for his frequent victories.

⁹And Ozias built towers in Jerusalem over the gate of the corner, and over the gate of the valley, and the rest, in the same side of the wall, and fortified them.

¹⁰And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many cisterns, for he had much cattle both in the plains, and in the waste of the desert: he had also vineyards and dressers of vines in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he was a man that loved husbandry.