12. The total number of heads of families was 2,600 brave warriors.
13. Under their authority was an army of 307,500 equipped for combat, a powerful force to help the king against the enemy.
14. Uzziah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows and slingstones.
15. He made skillfully designed devices in Jerusalem to shoot arrows and catapult large stones for use on the towers and on the corners. So his fame spread even to distant places, for he was marvelously helped until he became strong.
16. But when he became strong, he grew arrogant and it led to his own destruction. He acted unfaithfully against the Lord his God by going into the Lord’s sanctuary to burn incense on the incense altar.