“Then Azariah the priest entered after him and with him eighty priests of the LORD, valiant men.” 2 Chronicles 26:17 (NASB95).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

Uzziah was a King of Judah who’d enjoy tremendous political and military success. He presided over a time of robust material prosperity and massive infrastructural innovation.

He was so successful that it went to his head. He sought not only the monarchy but the priesthood too. When his ambition threatened the integrity of God’s house, Azariah and eighty other priests of the LORD withstood him.

“Valor” is a term used in Scripture to convey courage in the face of war-like physical hostility.

That is exactly what we need today. Men of God. Men of valor.