14. Uzziah provided for them—for the entire army—bucklers, lances, helmets, breastplates, bows, and slingstones.
15. He also built machines in Jerusalem, devices designed to stand on the towers and at the angles of the walls to shoot arrows and cast large stones. His name spread far and wide; the help he received was wondrous, so strong did he become.
16. But after he had become strong, he became arrogant to his own destruction and acted treacherously with the Lord, his God. He entered the temple of the Lord to make an offering on the altar of incense.
17. But Azariah the priest, and with him eighty other priests of the Lord, courageous men, followed him.