Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
2 Kings 15:3
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done, being devoted through his entire life to the worship of Jehovah,
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done, being devoted through his entire life to the worship of Jehovah,
Verse 2 Kings 15:3. _HE DID_ THAT WHICH WAS _RIGHT_] It is said, 2 Chronicles 26:5, that he sought the Lord in the days of Zechariah the prophet, and God made him to prosper; that he fought against t...
CHAPTER 15 _ 1. Reign and death of Azariah (Uzziah) (2 Kings 15:1; 2 Chronicles 26)._ 2. Reign and death of Zachariah (2 Kings 15:8) 3. Reign and death of Shallum ...
REIGN OF AZARIAH (UZZIAH). The long reign of this king passes almost unnoticed in this book. He is called Uzziah elsewhere in Chronicles and Isaiah, except 1 Chronicles 3:12. 2 KINGS 15:5. Yahweh smo...
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. ACCORDING TO ALL: i.e. he began well, but see 2 Chronicles 26:3....
_he did_that _which_was _right in the sight_ R.V. EYES. i.e. His obedience to God's law was partial, like that of his father, for he also allowed the high-places to remain and to be used for worship:...
B. THE REIGN OF AZARIAH (UZZIAH) IN JUDAH 15:1-7 TRANSLATION (1) In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah the son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. (2) He was sixteen yea...
_SIXTEEN YEARS OLD WAS HE WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND HE REIGNED TWO AND FIFTY YEARS IN JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS JECHOLIAH OF JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
SUNDRY BRIEF ANNALS This chapter relates the reigns of Azariah and Jotham of Judah, and of Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah of Israel....
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 15 UZZIAH’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH V1 Uzziah, Amaziah’s son, began his rule as king of *Judah. He did so in the 27th...
AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT. — This statement is repeated word for word in Chronicles. Its exact meaning here, as in other instances, is that Azariah supported the legitimate worship, and lent his...
וַ יַּ֥עַשׂ הַ יָּשָׁ֖ר בְּ עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה
AZARIAH-UZZIAH B.C. 783 (?)- 737 JOTHAM B.C. 737-735 2 Kings 15:1; 2 Kings 15:32 "This is vanity, and it is a sore sickness." - Ecclesiastes 6:2. BEFORE we watch the last
“A LEPER UNTIL THE DAY OF HIS DEATH” 2 Kings 15:1 The reign of Azariah, or Uzziah, in Judah was very splendid. Fifty-two years of almost unbroken prosperity! The story is told in the glowing periods...
The throne of Judah was occupied by Azariah, the Uzziah of Isaiah. In the main, his reign was characterized by obedience to the divine will, yet the people continued in sin, and the king was smitten w...
And he did [that which was] (a) right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; (a) As long as he listened to Zachariah the prophet....
_Lord. Many laudable actions are specified, 2 Paralipomenon xxvi. 4. But at last, forgetting the instructions of the prophet Zacharias, he opened his heart to pride, the bane of great souls, and would...
The review of the parallel history in the 2nd book of the Chronicles, will form the best comment on the history of Azariah. Though it be said he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, it i...
But not merely this. "Elisha died and they buried him" (2 Kings 13:20). Was not Elisha gone then? Not so. There was to be even a more glorious witness in his death than in his life. In his life, no do...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 17. Walking in the steps of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the house of Jehu was no protection to Israel against Hazael. But the compassion of Jehovah...
AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD,.... At the beginning of his reign, and in an external way: ACCORDING TO ALL THAT HIS FATHER AMAZIAH HAD DONE; who did not do what he did as D...
And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; Ver. 3. _According to all that his father Amaziah had done._] This is no great commendat...
_According to all that his father had done_ Like him beginning well, but not persevering. _Save that_ It should rather be read, _howbeit_, or _nevertheless_, (as in 2 Kings 14:4,) _the high places wer...
1 Azariah his good reigne. 5 He dying a Leper, Iotham succeedeth. 8 Zachariah, the last of Iehu his generation, reigning ill, is slaine by Shallum. 13 Shallum reigning a moneth, is slaine by Menahe...
AZARIAH'S REIGN IN JUDAH (vv.1-17) The reign of Azariah began after Jereboam had reigned 27 years in Samaria. We have seen Azariah (Uzziah) was only 16 years old when he began to reign, and reigned...
1-7 Uzziah did for the most part that which was right. It was happy for the kingdom that a good reign was a long one....
i.e. In the same manner, unsincerely, and but for a time....
2 Kings 15:3 did H6213 (H8799) right H3477 sight H5869 LORD H3068 father H1 Amaziah H558 done H6213 ...
THE REIGN OF AZARIAH (UZZIAH) KING OF JUDAH C. 767-740/39 BC. CO-REGENT FROM 791/90 BC. The reign of Azariah (Uzziah) can be paralleled with that of Jeroboam, with similar expansion and the same stric...
CONTENTS: Reign of Azariah and Jotham over Judah and Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah over Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Azariah, Jotham, Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pul, Pekahiah, Pekah, Rez...
2 Kings 15:1. _Azariah;_ that is, Uzziah, as below, and Isaiah 6:1. He was a good man under affliction, brought several of the ten tribes under the wings of his defence, extended his empire to the Red...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 15:3 HE DID WHAT WAS RIGHT [but] THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT TAKEN AWAY. See 2 Kings 14:3 for a similar descr
AZARIAH AND JOTHAM IN JUDAH, AND THE LAST SIX KINGS IN ISRAEL CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 15:1.—AZARIAH, SON OF AMAZIAH, KING OF JUDAH—This king is the _Uzziah_ of 2 Chronicles 26. See t...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 15:1 REIGNS OF AZARIAH AND JOTHAM OVER JUDAH; AND OF ZACHARIAH, SHALLUM, MENAHEM, PEKAHIAH, AND PE
He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, he reigned for fifty-two years (2 Kings 15:2). One of the longest reigns. He did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that...
2 Chronicles 26:4; 2 Kings 12:2; 2 Kings 12:3; 2 Kings 14:3; 2 Kin