2 Chronicles 26 — Novel English Bible

1 All the im (nation / people) of Yahawadah (Yahawadah / Judah) laqach (take / seize) Izayah (Uzziah), who was sixteen shanah (years) ban (son), and made him malak (king) in the place of his ab (father) Amatzayah (Amaziah).

2 He banah (build) Ayalawath (Eloth), and shawab (turn) it to Yahawadah (Yahawadah / Judah), achar (other) that the malak (king) shakab (slept) with his ab (father).

3 Sixteen shanah (years) ban (son) was Izayah (Uzziah) when he began to malak (king); and he malak (king) chamashayam (fifty) - shanayam (two) shanah (years) in Yarawashalam (Yarawashalam / Jerusalem): and his am (mother) sham (name) was Yakalayah (Jechiliah), of Yarawashalam (Yarawashalam / Jerusalem).

4 He ishah (make) that which was yashar (upright) in the iyanay (eyes) of Yahawah (), according to all that his ab (father) Amatzayah (Amaziah) ishah (make) done.

5 He set himself to darash (seek) Alahayam () in the yamay (days) of Zakarayah (Zechariah), who had bayan (between) in the raah (see) of Alahayam (): and as long as he darash (sought) Yahawah (), Alahayam () made him to tzalach (prosper).

6 He yatzaa (go out / come out) forth and lacham (warred) against the Palashathay (Philistines), and paratz (broke) down the chawamah (wall) of gath (gath), and the chawamah (wall) of Yabanah (Jabneh), and the chawamah (wall) of Ashadawad (Ashdod); and he banah (build) irayam (cities) in the country of Ashadawad (Ashdod), and among the Palashathay (Philistines).

7 Alahayam () izar (helped) him against the Palashathay (Philistines), and against the Irabay (Arabians) who lived in Gawarabail (Gur Baal), and the maiwanay (meunim).

8 The Imawanay (Ammonites) nathan (give) tribute to Izayah (Uzziah): and his sham (name) yalak (spread) abroad even to the entrance of Matzarayam (Matzarayam / Egypt); for he grew mail (top/above) chazaq (strong).

9 Moreover Izayah (Uzziah) banah (build) magadalayam (towers) in Yarawashalam (Yarawashalam / Jerusalem) at the panah (turn) shair (gate), and at the gayaa (valley) shair (gate), and at the maqatzawai (turning) of the wall, and chazaq (fortified) them.

10 He banah (build) magadalayam (towers) in the madabar (wilderness), and chatzab (dug) out many barawath (cisterns), for he rab (had) much livestock; in the lowland also, and in the mayashawar (plain): and he had farmers and vineyard keepers in the harayam (mountains) and in the Karamal (fruitful) fields; for he ahab (love) farming.

11 Moreover Izayah (Uzziah) had an chayal (wealth / substance / capability / valor) of malachamah (fighting) ishah (make), who yatzaa (go out / come out) out to tzabaa (troop) by gadawad (bands), according to the masapar (number) of their paqadah (reckoning) made by Yaiyaal (Jeiel) the sapar (book) and Maishayah (Maaseiah) the shatar (officer), under the yad (hand) of Chananayah (Hananiah), one of the malak (king) sharay (captains).

12 The whole masapar (number) of the raashay (heads) of abawath (fathers)’ households, even the gabawar (mighty) men of valor, was two alap (thousand) and shash (six) maah (hundred).

13 Under their yad (hand) was an chayal (wealth / substance / capability / valor), shalawash (three) maah (hundred) alap (thousand) and shabai (seven) alap (thousand) and chamash (five) maah (hundred), who ishah (make) malachamah (war) with chayal (wealth / substance / capability / valor) kach (strength / mighty / power), to izar (help) the malak (king) against the ayab (enemy).

14 Izayah (Uzziah) kawan (prepared) for them, even for all the tzabaa (troop), maganayam (shields), and ramachayam (spears), and kawabaiyam (helmets), and sharayanawath (coats) of mail, and qashathawath (bows), and abanay (stones) for qalai (slinging).

15 He ishah (make) in Yarawashalam (Yarawashalam / Jerusalem) chashabanawath (engines), machashabah (invented) by skillful chashab (men), to be on the magadalayam (towers) and on the battlements, with which to yarah (shoot) chatzayam (arrows) and gadawal (very great/important/mighty) abanayam (stones). His sham (name) yatzaa (go out / come out) rachawaq (far) abroad; for he was marvelously izar (helped), kay (surely) he was chazaq (strong).

16 But when he was chazaqah (strong), his lab (heart) was gabah (lifted) up, so that he did corruptly, and he mail (top/above) against Yahawah () his Alahayam (); for he bawaa (come) into the hayakal (temple) of Yahawah () to qatar (burn) incense on the mazabach (altar) of qatar (incense).

17 Izarayah (Azariah) the kahan (priest) bawaa (come) in achar (other) him, and with him shamanayam (eighty) kahanayam (priests) of Yahawah (), who were chayal (wealth / substance / capability / valor) banay (men):

18 And they resisted Izayah (Uzziah) the malak (king), and amar (spoke) to him, “It isn't for you, Izayah (Uzziah), to qatar (burn) incense to Yahawah (), but for the kahanayam (priests) the banay (sons) of Aharawan (Aaron), who are qadash (set apart / make holy) to qatar (burn) incense. Yatzaa (go out / come out) out of the maqadash (sanctuary); for you have mail (top/above); neither shall it be for your honor from Yahawah () Alahayam ().”

19 Then Izayah (Uzziah) was angry; and he had a maqatarath (censer) in his yad (hand) to qatar (burn) incense; and while he was angry with the kahanayam (priests), the tzaraith (leprosy) broke forth in his matzach (forehead) panayam (face) the kahanayam (priests) in the bayath (house) of Yahawah (), beside the mazabach (altar) of qatarath (incense).

20 Izarayah (Azariah) the raash (head) kahan (priest), and all the kahanayam (priests), panah (turn) on him, and behold, he was tzarai (leprous) in his matzach (forehead), and they bahal (thrust) him out quickly from there; yes, himself hurried also to yatzaa (go out / come out) out, because Yahawah () had nagai (struck) him.

21 Izayah (Uzziah) the malak (king) was a tzarai (leper) to the yawam (day) of his mawath (death), and lived in a separate bayath (house), being a tzarai (leper); for he was gazar (cut) off from the bayath (house) of Yahawah (): and Yawatham (Jotham) his ban (son) was over the malak (king) bayath (house), shapat (judge / judgement) the im (nation / people) of the aratz (Earth/land).

22 Now the yathar (rest) of the dabaray (acts) of Izayah (Uzziah), raashawan (first) and acharawan (last), Yashaiyah (Isaiah) the nabayaa (prophet/prophecy), the ban (son) of Amawatz (Amoz), kathab (write).

23 So Izayah (Uzziah) shakab (slept) with his ab (father); and they qabar (grave / tomb / sepulcher) him with his ab (father) in the shadah (field) of qabawarah (burial) which belonged to the malakayam (kings); for they amar (said), “He is a tzarai (leper).” Yawatham (Jotham) his ban (son) malak (king) in his place.