Geneva Study Bible Commentary
2 Chronicles 26:2
He built (b) Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
(b) He fortified it and made it strong: this city was also called Elath and Elanon near the Red sea.
He built (b) Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
(b) He fortified it and made it strong: this city was also called Elath and Elanon near the Red sea.
Verse 2 Chronicles 26:2. _HE BUILT ELOTH_] 2 Kings 14:21. This king is called by several different names; 2 Kings 15:1....
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...
KING: i.e. Amaziah. SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16....
_Eloth_ So spelt in 2 Chronicles 8:17 (1 Kings 9:26), but "Elath" in Deuteronomy 2:8; 2 Kings 14:22. In...
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...
_HE BUILT ELOTH, AND RESTORED IT TO JUDAH, AFTER THAT THE KING SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS._ He built Eloth - or, 'He it was who built Eloth.' The account of the fortifications of this port on the Red Sea...
26:2 Eloth, (a-6) Elath, 2 Kings 14:22 ....
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
HE BUILT. — fie _it was who built._ ELOTH. — Kings, _Elath._ The Idumean port on the Red Sea. The first four verses are identical with the parallel in Kings. (See the Notes there.)...
ה֚וּא בָּנָ֣ה אֶת ־אֵילֹ֔ות וַ יְשִׁיבֶ֖הָ לִ
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...
_Juda, till the reign of Achaz, 4 K. xvi. 6. It had revolted under Joram. C._...
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 26:1....
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. Ver. 2. _He built Eloth, &c._] See 2 Kings 14:22 ....
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....
He built Eloth, the port on the Red Sea from which Hebrew merchants maintained trade relations with the East, AND RESTORED IT TO JUDAH, AFTER THAT THE KING SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS....
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...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 26:2 built H1129 (H8804) Elath H359 restored H7725 (H8686) Judah H3063 after H310 king H4428 re
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...
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 26:2 THE KING SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. See note on 1 Kings 2:10. ⇐
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...
2 Chronicles 25:23; 2 Chronicles 25:28; 2 Chronicles 8:17; 2 Kings 14:22;...