2 Chronicles 26:5

_AND HE SOUGHT GOD IN THE DAYS OF ZECHARIAH, WHO HAD UNDERSTANDING IN THE VISIONS OF GOD: AND AS LONG_ _ 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 in the days of Zechariah - a wise and pious counselor, who was skilled in understanding the meaning and lessons of the ancient prophecies, and who wielded a salutary influence over Uzziah....

1-15 As long as Uzziah sought the Lord, and minded religion, God made him to prosper. Those only prosper whom God makes to prosper; for prosperity is his gift. Many have owned, that as long as they sought the Lord, and kept close to their duty, they prospered; but when they forsook God, every thing went cross. God never continues either to bless the indolent or to withhold his blessing from the diligent. He will never suffer any to seek his face in vain. Uzziah's name was famed throughout all the neighbouring countries. A name with God and good people makes truly honourable. He did not delight in war, nor addict himself to sports, but delighted in husbandry....

Verse 2 Chronicles 26:5. _IN THE DAYS OF ZECHARIAH_] Who this was we know not, but by the character that is given of him here. He was wise _in the_ _visions of God_-in giving the true interpretation of Divine prophecies. He was probably the tutor of Uzziah....

WHO HAD UNDERSTANDING IN THE VISIONS OF GOD - Another reading, supported by the Septuagint, and some ancient versions, is: “who instructed him in the fear of God.”...

EXPOSITION The twenty-three verses of this chapter, entirely occupied with the career of Uzziah, have to be content with a parallel of nine verses only, viz. 2 Kings 14:21, 2 Kings 14:22; 2 Kings 15:1. Our chapter first glances at the usual prefatory particulars of the age, pedigree, length of reign, kind of character, and choice between virtue and vice of the new king (2 Chronicles 26:1; but note the remarkable appearance of 2 Chronicles 26:2, looking as though it had strayed). Next, of his good works ...

AND HE SOUGHT GOD IN THE DAYS OF ZECHARIAH,.... Not that Zechariah, the last of the prophets save one, he lived three hundred years after this; nor he that Joash slew; but, as it may seem, a son of his, perhaps the same with him in Isaiah 8:2, WHO HAD UNDERSTANDING IN THE VISIONS OF GOD: who either had prophetic visions granted to him, or had divine wisdom to interpret such that others had; or, as others think, had a gift of interpreting the prophecies of others, the writings of Moses and David, c. to which the Targum seems to agree which paraphrases it, "who taught in the fear of the Lord;'' with which agree the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions; some copies read "in the fear of God"; as an ancient manuscript mentioned by Junius, and so the Talmud l: AND, AS LONG AS HE SOUGHT THE LORD, GOD MADE HIM TO PROSPER; in his kingdom,

CHAPTER 26 THE REIGN OF UZZIAH _ 1. The beginning of his reign (2 Chronicles 26:1)_ 2. Uzziah's success and fortifications (2 Chronicles 26:6) 3. Uzziah's sin and leprosy (2 Chronicles 26:16) 4. The death of Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:22) The Son of Amaziah, Uzziah, in his sixteenth year, was made king by the people. In Second Kings 15 he is called Azariah. (In the annotations on 2 Kings 15:1 an explanation is given on this double name of Uzziah.) Isaiah was then pro

THE REIGN OF UZZIAH (see notes on 2 Kings 14:21 to 2 Kings 15:7). The Chronicler amplifies considerably the account of this reign in 2 K. which is very meagre: his additions are in all probability based, in the main, upon some historical source, since fuller records of this reign, which was one of the longest in the history of Judah, must have been in existence. 2 Chronicles 26:1. Uzziah: called Azariah in 2 Kings 14:21; 2 Kings 15:1, etc., which is probably a mistake; in...

GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ with Art.. the [true] God. App-4. WHO HAD UNDERSTANDING IN THE VISIONS OF GOD. This is the Figure of speech _Periphrasis_ (App-6) for. prophet. AND. Note:. more or less complete _Polysyndeton_ runs through this account of Uzziah, to emphasize the details....

DISCOURSE: 417 CONNEXION BETWEEN DILIGENCE AND PROSPERITY 2 Chronicles 26:5. _As long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper_. THE dispensation under which the Jews lived being of a temporal nature, their advancement in respect of temporal prosperity was, for the most part, proportioned to the regard which they, and their rulers, shewed to God. The account given of Uzziah may serve almost as a general history of God’s conduct towards them [Note: Leviticus 26:3.]: when he walked humbly before God, “he was marvellously helped till he was strong [Note: ver. 8, 15.]:” but when, by his pride and disobedience, he had provoked God’s heavy displeasure, he was given over to “destruction.” The dispensation under which we live is altogether spiritual; and God observes the same