Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Chronicles 26:5
Who had understanding in the visions of God - Another reading, supported by the Septuagint, and some ancient versions, is: “who instructed him in the fear of God.”
Who had understanding in the visions of God - Another reading, supported by the Septuagint, and some ancient versions, is: “who instructed him in the fear of God.”
Verse 2 Chronicles 26:5. _IN THE DAYS OF ZECHARIAH_] Who this was we know not, but by the character that is given of him here. He was wise _in the_ _visions of God_-in giving the true interpretation o...
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
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...
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ with Art.. the [true] God. App-4. WHO HAD UNDERSTANDING IN THE VISIONS OF GOD. This is the Figure of speech _Periphrasis_ (App-6) for. prophet. AND. Note:. more or less comple...
DISCOURSE: 417 CONNEXION BETWEEN DILIGENCE AND PROSPERITY 2 Chronicles 26:5. _As long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper_. THE dispensation under which the Jews lived being of a temporal...
ZECHARIAH, WHO HAD UNDERSTANDING IN THE VISIONS OF GOD— _Who had instructed_ [_him_] _in the fear of God._ Houbigant....
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 Eloth...
_AND HE SOUGHT GOD IN THE DAYS OF ZECHARIAH, WHO HAD UNDERSTANDING IN THE VISIONS OF GOD: AND AS LONG_ _ AND HE SOUGHT GOD IN THE DAYS OF ZECHARIAH, WHO HAD UNDERSTANDING IN THE VISIONS OF GOD: AND AS...
26:5 God (b-4) Lit. 'And he was (set) in order to seek God.'...
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
AND HE SOUGHT GOD. — _And he continued to seek God_ (the Hebrew is an expression peculiar to the chronicler). IN THE DAYS OF ZECHARIAH. — An otherwise unknown prophet. WHO HAD UNDERSTANDING IN THE VI...
וַ יְהִי֙ לִ דְרֹ֣שׁ אֱלֹהִ֔ים בִּ ימֵ֣י
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, calle
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...
And he sought God in the days of (c) Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as (d) he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. (c) This was not the Zechariah that was th...
God, or who had the gift of intelligence and prophecy from God. Heb. "who was intelligent in the visions of God." Others have read birath, with the Sept. "in the fear;" or Chaldean, &c. "instructing i...
We must interpret what is here said of Uzziah, in doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord, in the same sense as we did of Amaziah: that is, he kept up a form of religion in the land in opp...
_A GRAND EPITAPH_ ‘Who had understanding in the visions of God.’ 2 Chronicles 26:5 I. NEVER WAS THERE A GRANDER EPITAPH THAN THIS.—There are visions which are but worthless dreams—the wild flight o...
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 th...
AND HE SOUGHT GOD IN THE DAYS OF ZECHARIAH,.... Not that Zechariah, the last of the prophets save one, he lived three hundred years after this; nor he that Joash slew; but, as it may seem, a son of hi...
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. Ver. 5. _And he sought God._] Heb., Full in _consu...
_He sought God in the days of Zechariah_ Who was probably the son of that Zechariah whom his grand-father Joash slew. _Who had understanding in the visions of God_ Either the visions with which he him...
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....
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God, he was a prophetic teacher and a counselor of King Uzziah; AND AS LONG AS HE, the king, SOUGHT THE LORD, GOD MA...
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...
IN THE VISIONS OF GOD: _ Heb._ in the seeing of God...
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 s...
HE SOUGHT GOD, i.e. he persisted in the true religion and worship of God. IN THE DAYS OF ZECHARIAH; as long as he lived. Compare 2 CHRONICLES 24:2. who had understanding; who was a very knowing and ex...
2 Chronicles 26:5 sought H1875 (H8800) God H430 days H3117 Zechariah H2148 understanding H995 (H8688) visions H7
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...
_And as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper._ SOUL PROSPERITY I. The seekers of the Lord. 1. Every real seeker of the Lord must be a heaven-born soul (John 3:8). This involves the be...
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....
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 26:5 ZECHARIAH 1:1 was a religious adviser to Uzziah, as Jehoiada was for Joash ...
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 22:11; 1 Chronicles 22:13; 2 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Chronicles 24:2;...