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.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 26:2 THE KING SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. See note on 1 Kings 2:10. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 26:3 The long reign of UZZIAH included co-regencies with his father Amaziah (796–767 B.C.) and his son Jotham (750–733). Isaiah’s prophetic ministry began during Uzziah’s reign (Isaiah 1:1; Isaiah 6:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("im [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 26:5 ZECHARIAH 1:1 was a religious adviser to Uzziah, as Jehoiada was for Joash (2 Chronicles 24:2). Nothing else is known about Zechariah. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 26:6 Uzziah won victories over the PHILISTINES in the west and southwest. He then built settlements in the conquered territories. The ARABIANS and MEUNITES (see 2 Chronicles 20:1) were nomadic groups in the south. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByT [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 26:9 CORNER GATE. See 2 Chronicles 25:23. Uzziah promoted farming throughout the WILDERNESS of Judah and the Negeb, the foothills of the SHEPHELAH (west of Jerusalem), and the coastal PLAIN. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 26:16 UNFAITHFUL means offending God’s holiness or failing to worship him appropriately (see “broke faith” in note on 1 Chronicles 2:3). Uzziah violated God’s holiness by trespassing in the temple, which was for the priests and Levites only. He also tried to offer I... [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 26:21 Because he WAS A LEPER TO THE DAY OF HIS DEATH (see note on 2 Kings 15:5), King Uzziah was not buried in the royal tombs of Jerusalem but in a FIELD. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 26:22 ISAIAH THE PROPHET... WROTE. This does not refer to the canonical book bearing his name, but to another work by this prophet. No copy of this work exists. See note on 32:32–33. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.... [ Continue Reading ]