What does 2 Chronicles 26:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims."
Verse 2 Chronicles 26:7. _AND GOD HELPED HIM_] "And the WORD of the Lord helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gerar, and the plains of Meun." - _Targum_. These are...
On the Mehunims or Maonites, see Judges 10:12 note....
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. T...
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 bas...
MEHUNIINS. See note on 2 Chronicles 20:1 and 1 Chronicles 4:41....
_Gur-baal_ An unidentified place; a "Gur" is mentioned in 2 Kings 9:27. A slight correction of the Heb. would give, "in Gerar (cp. Genesis 20:1) and against the Meunim." _Mehunims_ R.V. MEUNIM; cp. 2...
AND THE MEHUNIMS— Houbigant, with the Vulgate, reads _the Ammonites;_ and the next verse, as well as the fifth of the next chapter, gives us reason to believe that this reading is just....
11. THE REIGN OF UZZIAH (Chapter 26) TEXT 2 Chronicles 26:1. And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. 2. He built Elot...
_AND GOD HELPED HIM AGAINST THE PHILISTINES, AND AGAINST THE ARABIANS THAT DWELT IN GURBAAL, AND THE MEHUNIMS._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
REIGN OF UZZIAH This chapter adds largely to the parallel account of Uzziah's reign in 2 Kings 15:1, and furnishes information respecting his wars, his military defences, and the cause of his leprosy...
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 26 UZZIAH WINS WITH GOD’S HELP – 2 CHRONICLES 26:1-15 V1 Then all the p...
UZZIAH’S CAMPAIGNS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND MILITARY STRENGTH (2 Chronicles 26:6). This section is peculiar to the Chronicles. Although the book of Kings passes over the facts recorded here, they are essen...
וַ יַּעְזְרֵ֨הוּ הָֽ אֱלֹהִ֜ים עַל ־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֧ים וְ עַל־_הָֽ_†_עַרְבִ֛ים_† הַ יֹּשְׁבִ֥ים בְּ גוּר־בָּ֖עַל...
UZZIAH, JOTHAM, AND AHAZ 2 Chronicles 26:1; 2 Chronicles 27:1; 2 Chronicles 28:1 AFTER the assassination of Amaziah, all the people of Judah took his son Uzziah, a lad of sixteen, called in the book...
GOD MADE HIM TO PROSPER 2 Chronicles 26:1 The reign of Uzziah was, to all appearance, extremely prosperous; but his personal character deteriorated, as though it could not bear an unbroken succession...
The story of Uzziah's long reign of fifty-two years is most interesting and remarkable. He was a man of strong character, and the early part of his occupancy of the throne was characterized by true pr...
_Gurbaal. Gerera, (S. Jerom, Trad.) or Gebal, Psalm lxxxii. 8. Sept. "the rock," or Petra, in Arabia, where Stephanus places the Gabalenes. --- Ammonites. Heb. mehunim. Sept. "Mineans," (chap. xx. 1.;...
During the time that Uzziah favored the service of the temple the Lord made his way prosperous in temporal things. This is the sense of what is meant by the Lord's helping him....
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21 THROUGH 26. Finally, the king perishes, according to Elijah's prediction. Disaster upon disaster falls upon Judah in consequence of this connection with t...
AND GOD HELPED HIM AGAINST THE PHILISTINES,.... He did not do all before related of himself, and by his own strength, but by the help of God; the Targum is "the Word of the Lord helped him:'' AND AG...
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims. Ver. 7. _That dwelt in Gurbaal._] Which is the same with Gerar, saith the Gloss: where Ab...
1 Vzziah succeeding, and reigning well in the dayes of Zechariah, prospereth. 16 Waxing proud, he inuadeth the Priests office, and is smitten with leprosie. 22 Hee dieth, and Iotham succeedeth him....
THE SUCCESS OF UZZIAH...
THE REIGN OF UZZIAH (vv.1-15) Uzziah, the son of Amaziah, took the throne of Judah when he was only 16 years old and reigned for 52 years. The first thing mentioned about him is the positive good w...
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 so...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 26:7 God H430 helped H5826 (H8799) Philistines H6430 Arabians H6163 lived H3427 (H8802) Baal H1485 Meunites H4586 God helped - 2 Chronicles 14:11; 1 Chronicles 5:20, 1 Chronicles 12:18;...
CONTENTS: Accession of Uzziah. His successes and fame. CHARACTERS: God, Uzziah, Zechariah, Jotham, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: The world's smiles are the devil's darts and prosperity ruin as many as adversi...
2 Chronicles 26:1. _Uzziah_ is called Azariah in 2 Kings 14:21. 2 Chronicles 26:5. _Uzziah sought God in the days of Zechariah._ This good priest being dead, as above, it must mean that Zechariah had...
2 CHRONICLES 26:1 Uzziah. Compare 2 Kings 15:2. The Chronicler emphasizes God’s blessing on Uzziah’s long reign (792–740 B.C.) but also the cause of his eventual downfall. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Uzziah’s character (2 Chronicles 26:1). “It is not too much to say that we are indebted to Chronicles for our whole conception of the character of Uz., and for nearly our whole knowle...
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...
Chapter 26 we find the beginning of the reign of Uzziah. Now he was only sixteen years old when he began to reign and he had one of the longest reigns outside of Manasseh, the longest reign of any kin...
1 Chronicles 12:18; 1 Chronicles 5:20; 2 Chronicles 14:11; 2 Chronicles 17:11; 2 Chronicles 21:16; Acts 26:22; Isaiah 14:29; Psalms 18:29; Psalms 18:34;...