2 Chronicles 26:2-15 NASB

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:13

And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred ,.... Which was larger than that in his father's time by 7500, 2 Chronicles 25:5 besides officers: that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy ; they were ready to fight, and fight valiantly, whenever the king had any occasion for them, or the land was invaded. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:14

And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host ,.... For every soldier in the army: shields and spears ; defensive and offensive weapons, the one to cover and protect their bodies, the other to push and pierce their enemies: and helmets, and habergeons ; the first of these were a covering for the head in the day of battle, and the other coats of mail, to defend the body: and bows ; to shoot arrows out of: and slings to cast stones ; at which the Benjaminites formerly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:15

And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers, and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal ,.... Such as with the Romans were called "catapultae", "ballistae" F21 Cicero. Tusculan. Quaest. l. 2. Tacit. Hist. l. 3. c. 23. , "scorpiones" F23 Ammian. Marcellin. l. 23. , &c.; and by this it appears that these were not first invented in Greece and Rome, but in Judea. It is said F24 Vid. Valtrinum de re militari Roman. l. 5.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:2

He built Eloth - See the notes on 2 Kings 14:21 . This king is called by several different names; see the note on 2 Kings 15:1 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 of Divine prophecies. He was probably the tutor of Uzziah. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:7

And God helped him - "And the Word of the Lord helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gerar, and the plains of Meun." - Targum. These are supposed to be the Arabs which are called the Meuneons, or Munites, or Meonites. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:8

The Ammonites gave gifts - Paid an annual tribute. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:10

Built towers in the desert - For the defense of his flocks, and his shepherds and husbandmen. And in Carmel - Calmet remarks that there were two Carmels in Judea: one in the tribe of Judah, where Nabal lived, and the other on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near to Kishon; and both fertile in vines. He loved husbandry - This is a perfection in a king: on husbandry every state depends. Let their trade or commerce be what they may, there can be no true national... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:14

Shields , and spears - He prepared a vast number of military weapons, that he might have them in readiness to put into the hands of his subjects on any exigency. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:15

Engines - to shoot arrows and great stones - The Targum says, "He made in Jerusalem ingenious instruments, and little hollow towers, to stand upon the towers and upon the bastions, for the shooting of arrows, and projecting of great stones." This is the very first intimation on record of any warlike engines for the attack or defense of besieged places; and this account is long prior to any thing of the kind among either the Greeks or Romans. Previously to such inventions, the... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:15

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