A Sunday School lesson taught by Assistant Pastor Jonathan Judy on "The Rise and Fall of Uzziah" taken from 2 Chronicles 26:1-23; 2 Kings 15:1-7.

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The Rise and Fall of Uzziah
2 Chronicles 26:1-23; 2 Kings 15:1-7

I. THE BEGINNING OF UZZIAH’S REIGN (2 Chronicles 26:1-4; 2 Kings 15:1-4)

A. The Details of the Reign (2 Chronicles 26:1, 3; 2 Kings 15:1-2)

1. He began his reign in the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam, king of Israel (2 Kings 15:1).
2. He began to reign when he was sixteen years old (2 Chronicles 26:1, 3; 2 Kings 15:2).
3. He reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 26:3; 2 Kings 15:2).
4. His mother’s name was Jecoliah or Jecholiah (2 Chronicles 26:3; 2 Kings 15:2).

B. The Character of His Reign (2 Chronicles 26:4; 2 Kings 15:3-4)

1. He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did (2 Chronicles 26:4; 2 Kings 15:3).
2. However, he failed to remove the high places where the people sacrificed and burnt incense (2 Kings 15:4).

C. His First Order of Business (2 Chronicles 26:2; 2 Kings 14:22)

1. He built Eloth (Elath), and restored it to Judah.
2. He did so after the king (Amaziah) slept with his fathers.

II. UZZIAH’S PROSPERITY (2 Chronicles 26:5-15)

A. The Reason for His Prosperity (2 Chronicles 26:5)

1. He sought God in the days of Zechariah.
2. As long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper (Psalm 34:10).

B. The Areas of His Prosperity (2 Chronicles 26:6-15)

1. He was prosperous in battle (2 Chronicles 26:6-7).
2. He was prosperous in foreign relations (2 Chronicles 26:8).
3. He was prosperous in national security (2 Chronicles 26:9-15).

C. The Result of His Prosperity (2 Chronicles 26:15)

1. His name spread far abroad.
2. He was marvellously helped.
3. He was strong.

III. UZZIAH’S FALL (2 Chronicles 26:16-20; 2 Kings 15:5)

A. The Reason for His Fall (2 Chronicles 26:16)

1. He was strong. Note: We are often more vulnerable in times of strength.
2. His heart was lifted up to his destruction.

B. The Transgression of Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:16-20)

1. He went into the temple to burn incense (2 Chronicles 26:16).
2. Azariah and eighty other priests went in after Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:17).
3. The priests withstood Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:18).
a. They told him that the burning of incense did not appertain to him.
b. They told him incense should only be burnt by the consecrated sons of Aaron.
c. They told him to leave the sanctuary.
d. They warned him of the judgment of God.
1) He had trespassed.
2) It would not be for his honour from the LORD God.
4. The Lord smote Uzziah with leprosy (2 Chronicles 26:19-20).
a. Uzziah was wroth with the priests (2 Chronicles 26:19).
b. Leprosy rose up in his forehead before the priests (2 Chronicles 26:19).
c. The priests thrust him out of the sanctuary (2 Chronicles 26:20).
d. Uzziah hasted to go out, knowing he was smitten of the Lord (2 Chronicles 26:20; 2 Kings 15:5).

IV. THE END OF UZZIAH’S REIGN (2 Chronicles 26:21-23; 2 Kings 15:5-7)

A. His Last Days (2 Chronicles 26:21; 2 Kings 15:5)

1. He was a leper unto the day of his death.
2. He dwelt in a several house.
3. He was cut off from the house of the Lord.
4. Jotham, his son, was over the king’s house and judged the people.

B. The Rest of His Acts (2 Chronicles 26:22; 2 Kings 15:6)

1. Some found in 2 Kings 15
2. Some found in 2 Chronicles 26
3. Some found in Isaiah 1-6

C. His Death (2 Chronicles 26:23; 2 Kings 15:7)

1. Uzziah slept with his fathers.
2. They buried him in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings.
3. He was remembered as being a leper.
4. Jotham, his son, reigned in his stead.

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