2 Chronicles 26:1-4 (2 Kings 14:21-22; 2 Kings 15:2-3). Uzziah's Reign 1. _all the people of Judah_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 22:1. _Uzziah_ Called "Azariah" in 1 Chronicles 3:12 and in 2 Kin. (eight times), but "Uzziah" in 2 Kings 15:13; 2Ki 15:32; 2 Kings 15:34;... [ Continue Reading ]
_Eloth_ So spelt in 2 Chronicles 8:17 (1 Kings 9:26), but "Elath" in Deuteronomy 2:8; 2 Kings 14:22. In 2 Kings 16:6 the two forms are found side by side in one verse. The word is probably of foreign origin, and such words are seldom of fixed form when adopted into common language; cp. the various f... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jecoliah_ R.V. JECHILIAH (so _C'thib_; A.V. follows the _Ḳ"ri_and the parallel passage of Kings.... [ Continue Reading ]
_his father Amaziah_ This verse suits its original context in Kings, for Kings records nothing against Amaziah; it is however out of place in Chron., for according to 2 Chronicles 25:14 Amaziah was an idolater.... [ Continue Reading ]
(not in Kings). The Prosperity of Uzziah 5. _Zechariah_ Nothing is known (apart from this passage) of this Zechariah. He is hardly to be identified with the author of Zechariah 12-14, though there is an allusion to Uzziah's reign in Zechariah 14:5. _who had understanding_ R.V. mg., "who gave instr... [ Continue Reading ]
_the Philistines_ Cp. 2Ch 21:16; 2 Chronicles 28:18; 2 Kings 18:8; 1Ma 5:66-68; 1Ma 14:34. Wars against the Philistines continned almost down to Roman times. _brake down the wall of Gath_ See note on 2 Chronicles 25:23. _Jabneh_ Mentioned here only in the O.T., but probably to be Identified with ... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 Chronicles 20:1 (note).... [ Continue Reading ]
_gave gifts_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 18:2 (note). _he strengthened_himself _exceedingly_ R.V. HE WAXED EXCEEDING STRONG.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the corner gate_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 25:23 (note). _the valley gate_ Nehemiah 2:13; Nehemiah 3:13. On the west of the city (_Bädeker_, p. 24). _the turning_of the wall] Mentioned Nehemiah 3:19; Nehemiah 3:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the desert_ R.V. THE WILDERNESS (where the pastures were: cp. Psalms 65:12). _digged many wells_ R.V. HEWED OUT MANY CISTERNS. _both in the low country, and in the plains_ R.V. IN THE LOWLAND ALSO, AND IN THE PLAIN (mg. TABLE LAND). For the "lowland" (Heb. _Shephçlah_) see 2 Chronicles 1:15 (note... [ Continue Reading ]
(no parallel in Kings). Uzziah's Army 11. _by bands_ This expression indicates that this army was used not for some great war, offensive or defensive, but for marauding or "punitive" expeditions against neighbouring tribes. _of their account by the hand of Jeiel_ R.V. OF THEIR RECKONING MADE BY JE... [ Continue Reading ]
_the chief of the fathers of the mighty_men] R.V. THE HEADS OF FATHERS" HOUSES, EVEN THE MIGHTY MEN. were _two thousand_ R.V. WAS TWO THOUSAND.... [ Continue Reading ]
_an army_ R.V. A TRAINED ARMY. _three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred_ This total corresponds roughly with the 300,000 men who formed Amaziah's army; 2 Chronicles 25:5. Cp. note on 2 Chronicles 14:8 (the forces of Asa and of Jehoshaphat).... [ Continue Reading ]
_throughout all the host_ R.V. EVEN FOR ALL THE HOST. _habergeons_ R.V. COATS OF MAIL. Skeat (_Cambridge Companion to the Bible_, p. 549) explains habergeon as "a smaller kind of _hauberk_, a coat of mail covering the neck and breast." Cp. Nehemiah 4:16 (with Ryle's note). _slings to cast stones_... [ Continue Reading ]
_engines_ Cp. 1Ma 6:51-52 and article Engine Hastings" _Bible Dictionary_. _bulwarks_ R.V. BATTLEMENTS (lit. "corners"). _helped_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 26:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
_to_his _destruction_ R.V. SO THAT HE DID CORRUPTLY; cp. 2 Chronicles 27:2 (the same Heb. word). _he transgressed_ R.V. TRESPASSED; cp. 2 Chronicles 12:2; Joshua 7:1; Joshua 22:16. The Heb. word implies presumptuous dealing with holy things. _the altar of incense_ Cp. Exodus 30:1-10. Not only the... [ Continue Reading ]
(not in Kings). Uzziah's Presumption For a discussion of the historical probabilities of this account see the Introduction § 8.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Azariah the priest_ i.e. the high-priest (2 Chronicles 26:20). He cannot be identified certainly with any priest in the list given 1 Chronicles 6:4-15 (5:30 41, Heb.).... [ Continue Reading ]
_the priests the sons of Aaron_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 13:10-11 and Numbers 16:40. _neither_shall it be _for thine honour_ A euphemism, a threat of danger and disgrace.... [ Continue Reading ]
_and_had] R.V. AND HE HAD. _even rose up_ R.V. BRAKE FORTH.... [ Continue Reading ]
_thrust him out_ R.V. THRUST HIM OUT QUICKLY. _the Lord had smitten him_ So 2 Kings 15:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
(2 Kings 15:5-7). The End of Uzziah 21. _a several house_ i.e. separate, special; cp. Numbers 28:13; Matthew 25:15. The same Heb. word is used in Psalms 88:5, "_free_(R.V. "cast off") among the dead." _cut off_ The same Heb. word is translated in the same way in Isaiah 53:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
_did Isaiah … write_ This statement is not in Kings. Uzziah is mentioned in Isaiah 6:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the field of the burial_ R.V. THE FIELD OF BURIAL. In Kings, "in the city of David.... [ Continue Reading ]