CHAPTER XIX

UZZIAH OF JUDAH (B.C. 783[?]-737)--JOTHAM (B.C. 737-735) 209

Wane of Assyria--Uzziah a wise and good king--His other name Azariah--Expansion of the story of his conquests in the Chronicles--Training of his army--Defeated by the Assyrians (?)--Stricken with leprosy--The story--Jotham acts as his public representative--Diminished power of Judah under Jotham--Beginning of Isaiah's prophecies--Death of Jotham.