The Lord smote the king] For the reason see 2 Chronicles 26:16. A several house] RM 'a lazar house,' in which he was secluded in accordance with the principle laid down in Leviticus 13:46. Was over the house] He held the same office as that alluded to in 1 Kings 4:6. Judging the people] i.e. acting as regent for his father.
Verse 2 Kings 15:5. _THE LORD SMOTE THE KING, SO THAT HE WAS A LEPER_] The reason of this plague is well told in the above quoted chapter, 2 Chronicles 26:16. That his heart being elated, he went int...
THE LORD SMOTE THE KING, SO THAT HE WAS A LEPER - The circumstances under which this terrible affliction befel one of the greatest of the Jewish kings, are given at some length by the author of Chroni...
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 SMOTE. Jehovah smote. Chronicles comes in here to explain why. See 2 Chronicles 26:16, and note _on_ "Kings" in title of. Kings (p. 447). A LEPER. One of nine afflicted with leprosy. See note...
_And the Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper_ The more political history in Kings tells us nothing about the reason why Azariah was smitten. The Chronicler however says that the king's success...
AND THE LORD SMOTE THE KING— See on 2 Chronicles 26:19. _In a several house,_ is rendered by Houbigant, _a separate_ or _remote house._ REFLECTIONS.—Azariah began young to reign, and sat very long upo...
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....
15:5 house. (d-23) Or 'hospital;' and so 2 Chronicles 26:21 ....
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 THE LORD SMOTE THE KING. — The chronicler relates the reason — viz., because of his usurpation of priestly functions in the sanctuary. This happened towards the end of the reign. Jotham, the regen...
וַ יְנַגַּ֨ע יְהוָ֜ה אֶת ־הַ מֶּ֗לֶךְ וַ
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 the LORD (b) smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son [was] over the house, (c) judging the people of the land. (b)...
A leper. In punishment of his usurping the priestly functions, 2 Paralipomenon xxvi. 19. (Challoner) (Worthington) --- The priests boldly remonstrated with him, but to no effect; till the king perceiv...
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 THE LORD SMOTE THE KING,.... With leprosy; the reason of it was, because he intruded into the priest's office, and went into the temple to burn incense on the altar of incense, 2 Chronicles 26:19,...
And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son [was] over the house, judging the people of the land. Ver. 5. _A...
_The Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper_ The cause of this stroke is related at large, 2 Chronicles 26:16. _And dwelt in a several house_ Separated from conversation with others by virtue of...
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...
And the Lord smote the king, touching him with sickness for overstepping his authority and trespassing upon the function of the priests, 2 Chronicles 26:16, SO THAT HE WAS A LEPER UNTO THE DAY OF HIS...
AZARIAH IN JUDAH...
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....
HE WAS A LEPER; the cause whereof see 2 CHRONICLES 26:16. DWELT IN A SEVERAL HOUSE; separated from conversation with others by virtue of that law, LEVITICUS 13:46, which being the law of the King of k...
2 Kings 15:5 LORD H3068 struck H5060 (H8762) king H4428 leper H6879 (H8794) day H3117 death H4194 dwelt...
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...
_And the Lord smote the King._ FAMILIARITY WITH RELIGIOUS THINGS 1. The character and conduct of King Uzziah are very full of instruction. His life was marked by one fault, and by one signal act of p...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 15:5 A LEPER TO THE DAY OF HIS DEATH. Sometime during his reign, Azariah became a leper and was unable to govern. He occupied a SEPARATE HOUSE, which is a symbolic way of sayin...
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...
1 Kings 3:28; 1 Kings 3:9; 2 Chronicles 26:16; 2 Chronicles 26:21;...
A leper — The cause whereof see 2 Chronicles 26:16....