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cubits. 6 Moreover he went forth and fought against
24 And he took all the gold, and silver, and the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Geth,
all the vessels, that he found in the house of and the wall of Jabnia, and the wall of Azotus:
God, and with Obededom, and in the treasures and he built towns in Azotus, and among the
of the king’s house, moreover also the sons of the Philistines.
hostages, he brought back to Samaria. 7 And God helped him against the Philistines,
25 And Amasias the son of Joas king of Juda and against the Arabians, that dwelt in Gurbaal,
lived, after the death of Joas the son of Joachaz and against the Ammonites.
king of Israel, fifteen years. 8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Ozias: and
26 Now the rest of the acts of Amasias, the his name was spread abroad even to the entrance
first and last, are written in the book of the kings of Egypt for his frequent victories.
of Juda and Israel. 9 And Ozias built towers in Jerusalem over
27 And after he revolted from the Lord, they the gate of the corner, and over the gate of the
made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. valley, and the rest, in the same side of the wall,
And he fled into Lachis, and they sent, and killed and fortified them.
him there. 10 And he built towers in the wilderness, and
28 And they brought him back upon horses, dug many cisterns, for he had much cattle both
and buried him with his fathers in the city of in the plains, and in the waste of the desert: he
David. had also vineyards and dressers of vines in the
mountains, and in Carmel: for he was a man
that loved husbandry.
Chapter 26 11 And the army of his fighting men, that
went out to war, was under the hand of Jehiel
And all the people of Juda took his son Ozias, the scribe, and Maasias the doctor, and under
who was sixteen years old, and made him king the hand of Henanias, who was one of the king’s
in the room of Amasias his father. captains.
2 He built Ailath, and restored it to the do- 12 And the whole number of the chiefs by the
minion of Juda, after that the king slept with his families of valiant men were two thousand six
fathers. hundred.
3 Ozias was sixteen years old when he began 13 And the whole army under them three hun-
to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in dred and seven thousand five hundred: who were
Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Jechelia fit for war, and fought for the king against the
of Jerusalem. enemy.
4 And he did that which was right in the eyes 14 And Ozias prepared for them, that is, for
of the Lord, according to all that Amasias his the whole army, shields, and spears, and helmets,
father had done. and coats of mail, and bows, and slings to cast
5 And he sought the Lord in the days of stones.
Zacharias that understood and saw God: and 15 And he made in Jerusalem engines of di-
as long as he sought the Lord, he directed him verse kinds, which he placed in the towers, and
in all things. in the corners of the walls, to shoot arrows,