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The Fortification of the Grid and the Usurpation of the Altar
Then all the people of Yahudah took Uziyahu, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amasyahu.
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He built Eloth, and restored it to Yahudah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
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Sixteen years old was Uziyahu when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Yarushalayim. His mother's name also was Yecolyahu of Yarushalayim.
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The Calibration of the Early Reign
And he did that which was right in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, according to all that his father Amasyahu did.
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The Influence of the Seer
And he sought Alahiym in the days of Zekaryahu, who had understanding in the visions of Alahiym: and as long as he sought 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, Alahiym made him to prosper.
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The Subjugation of the Peleshet
And he went forth and warred against the Peleshet, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Yabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Peleshet.
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And Alahiym helped him against the Peleshet, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-Baal, and the Mehunim.
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The Expansion of the Dawidic Frequency
And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uziyahu: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Mitzrayim; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.
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The Fortification of the Yarushalayim Portal
Moreover Uziyahu built towers in Yarushalayim at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
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The Infrastructure of the Wilderness
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains; husbandmen also, and vinedressers in the mountains, and in Karmel: for he loved husbandry.
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The Mathematical Array of the Host
Moreover Uziyahu had a host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Yeiel the scribe and Maaseyahu the ruler, under the hand of Hananyahu, one of the king's captains.
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The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valor were two thousand and six hundred.
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And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
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The Mass Production of Warfare Tech
And Uziyahu prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
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The Invention of the Engines
And he made in Yarushalayim engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.
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The Breach of the Biological Boundary
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 his Alahiym, and went into the temple of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
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The Defense of the Portal
And Azaryahu the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, that were valiant men:
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The Judicial Confrontation
And they withstood Uziyahu the king, and said unto him, "It appertaineth not unto you, Uziyahu, to burn incense unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, but to the priests the sons of Aharun, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for you have trespassed; neither shall it be for your honor from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Alahiym."
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The Immediate Somatic Judgment
Then Uziyahu was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, from beside the incense altar.
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The Expulsion from the Matrix
And Azaryahu the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had smitten him.
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The Severing of the Leprous King
And Uziyahu the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄: and Yotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.
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The Record of Yashayahu
Now the rest of the acts of Uziyahu, first and last, did Yashayahu the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
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The Biological Quarantine in Death
So Uziyahu slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, "He is a leper:" and Yotham his son reigned in his stead.