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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: 2 Chronicles 26

Chapter 26

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

all the

22:1 33:25

Uzziah

2 Kings 14:21 15:1-7 1 Chronicles 3:12

Azariah

Matthew 1:8,9

Ozias

Verse 2

He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

Eloth

8:17 2 Kings 14:22 16:6

Elath

restored.

25:23,28

Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

A. M. 3194-3246. B.C. 810-758. Uzziah

Isaiah 1:1 6:1 Hosea 1:1 Amos 1:1 Zechariah 14:5

Jecoliah

2 Kings 15:2,3

Jecholiah

Verse 4

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.

according to all

25:2

And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.

he sought God

24:2 Judges 2:7 Hosea 6:4 Mark 4:16,17 Acts 20:30

had

Genesis 41:15,38 Daniel 1:17 2:19 5:16 10:1

visions

Heb. seeing. and as long.

15:2 25:8 1 Chronicles 22:11,13 Psalms 1:3

And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

warred against

21:16 Isaiah 14:29

the wall of Gath

2 Samuel 8:1 1 Chronicles 18:1

Jabneh

Jabneh, or Jamnia, was given to the tribe of Dan; and was situated between Lydda and Azotus. It is now called Yebna, and is described as "a village about twelve miles distant from Jaffa, (Joppa,) in a fine open plain, surrounded by hills, and covered by herbage. On sloping hills of easy ascent, by which the plains were bordered, Yebna, Ekron, Ashdod, and Askalon were in sight."

about

or, in the country of.

1 Samuel 5:1,6

And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.

God helped

14:11 1 Chronicles 5:20 12:18 Psalms 18:29,34,35 Isaiah 14:29 Acts 26:22

the Arabians

17:11 21:16

And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.

the Ammonites

20:1 Genesis 19:38 Deuteronomy 2:19 Judges 11:15-18 1 Samuel 11:1 2 Samuel 8:2

his name

Genesis 12:2 2 Samuel 8:13 1 Kings 4:31 Matthew 4:24

spread

Heb. went.

Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.

the corner gate

25:23 2 Kings 14:13 Jeremiah 31:38 Zechariah 14:10

the valley gate

Nehemiah 3:13,19,32

the turning

Nehemiah 3:20,24

fortified

or, repaired.

Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

digged many wells

or, cut out many cisterns.

Genesis 26:18-21

he had much

2 Kings 3:4 1 Chronicles 27:26-31

Carmel

or, fruitful fields.

2 Kings 19:23 Isaiah 29:17

husbandry

Heb.ground.

Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.

went out

2 Kings 5:2

And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

an army

Heb. the power of an army. three hundred.

11:1 13:3 14:8 17:14-19

And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.

slings to cast stone

Heb. stones of slings.

Judges 20:16 1 Samuel 17:49

And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

cunning men

2:7,14 Exodus 31:4

to shoot arrows

These engines, it is probable, bore some resemblance to the balistÊ and catapultÊ of the Romans, which were employed for throwing stones and arrows, and were in reality the mortars and carcasses of antiquity. With respect to the towers which Uzziah built in the wilderness, (ver. 10,) Mr. Harmer appears to have given a truer view of the subject than commentators in general have done, who suppose that they were conveniences made only for sheltering the shepherds from bad weather, or to defend them from incursions of enemies; for they might rather be designed to keep the nations that pastured there in awe, and also to induce them quietly to pay the tribute to which the 8th verse seems to refer. William of Tyre describes a country not far from the Euphrates as inhabited by Syrian and Armenian Christians, who fed great flocks and herds there, but were kept in subjection to the Turks, in consequence of their living among them in strong places.

spread far

Heb. went forth.

Matthew 4:24

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

when he was

25:19 32:25 Deuteronomy 8:14,17 32:13-15 Proverbs 16:18 Habakkuk 2:4 Colossians 2:18

went into

2 Kings 16:12,13

to burn

Numbers 16:1,7,18,35 1 Kings 12:33 13:1-4

And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:

Azariah

1 Chronicles 6:10

valiant men

1 Chronicles 12:28 26:6

And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.

withstood Uzziah

16:7-9 19:2 Jeremiah 13:18 Matthew 10:18,28 14:4 2 Corinthians 5:16 Galatians 2:11

not unto thee

Numbers 16:40,46-48 18:7

to the priests

Exodus 30:7,8 Hebrews 5:4

go out

1 Corinthians 5:5

neither shall it be

1 Samuel 2:30 Daniel 4:37 John 5:44 James 2:1

Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.

he

16:10 25:16

even

Numbers 12:10 2 Kings 5:27

And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.

hated also

Esther 6:12

the Lord

Leviticus 14:34 Deuteronomy 28:22,35

And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

A. M. 3239-3246. B.C. 765-758. Uzziah

2 Kings 15:5

dwelt

Leviticus 13:46 Numbers 5:2,3 12:15 2 Kings 7:3

several

Heb. free.

Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.

first

9:29 12:15

Isaiah

Isaiah 1:1 6:1

So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

A. M. 3246. B.C. 758. slept

2 Kings 15:6,7

they buried him

18 21:20 28:27 33:20