2 Chronicles 26:1

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; Isaiah 1:1; Isaiah 6:1; Hosea 1:1; Amos 1:1; Zechariah 14:5. It has been supposed that this king is mentioned under the name of Az-ri-ja-a-u (i.e. "Azariah") on an injured and obscure inscription of Tiglath-Pileser III. (reigned 745 727 b.c.) of Assyria, but the identification is doubtful. The two forms of the name when written in Heb. consonants closely resemble each other; the meanings moreover of the two are similar, "Jah is my strength" and "Jah hath given help." Most likely the king bore both names; cp. "Abram" and "Abraham" "Eliakim and Jehoiakim" (2 Chronicles 36:4).