2 Chronicles 26:6-15 - Uzziah's Exploits

⁶ And he went out and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities around Ashdod, and among the Philistines. ⁷ And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gurbaal, and the Meunites. ⁸ And the Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah. And his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt, for he was made very strong. ⁹ And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate, and at the Turning, and fortified them. ¹⁰ And he built towers in the desert, and dug many wells. For he had many cattle, both in the low country and in the plains. He also had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains, and in Carmel. For he loved the earth.

¹¹ And, Uzziah had an army making war, going out to war by troops, according to the number of their oversight by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's leaders. ¹² The whole number of the heads of the fathers of the mighty men of power was two thousand and six hundred. ¹³ And under their hand was an army of three hundred and seven thousand, five hundred, that made war with mighty power to help the king against the enemy. ¹⁴ And Uzziah prepared for them, for all the army, shields and spears and helmets and coats of armor and bows and stones for the slings. ¹⁵ And he made engines in Jerusalem, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones with. And his name spread far abroad. For he was wonderfully helped until he was strong.