For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.

With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs of seed.

Uzziah attacked the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities in the region of Ashdod and throughout Philistine territory.

As the Lord had instructed, they gave him the city he requested – Timnath Serah in the Ephraimite hill country. He built up the city and lived in it.