2 Chronicles 26:23 ASV

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:23

23. they buried him . . . in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings—He was interred not in, but near, the sepulcher of the kings, as the corpse of a leper would have polluted it. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 26:1-23

J. Uzziah ch. 26The Chronicler gave us much more information about Uzziah than we have in Kings (2 Kings 15:1-7). Uzziah ("Yahweh is strong") was evidently the king’s throne name, and Azariah ("Yahweh helps") his personal name.Uzziah, as his father, began well but ended poorly. The writer documented his fidelity to Yahweh and God’s consequent blessing of him and his kingdom at length (2 Chronicles 26:1-15). Perhaps 2 Chronicles 26:5 summarizes this best. To seek the Lord meant to seek to please... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:1-23

Reign of UzziahThis chapter adds largely to the parallel account of Uzziah’s reign in 2 Kings 15:1-7, and furnishes information respecting his wars, his military defences, and the cause of his leprosy.1. Uzziah] This is the usual form in Chronicles except in 1 Chronicles 3:12 in Kings it is generally ’Azariah.’6. Jabneh] between Joppa and Ashdod: afterwards called Jamnia.7. The Mehunims] see on 2 Chronicles 20:1.9. The valley gate] probably a gate leading into the valley of Hinnom, at the S.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 26:16-23

UZZIAH’S PRESUMPTION PUNISHED BY LEPROSY HIS DEATH (2 Chronicles 26:16-23).This section also is mainly peculiar to the chronicler. 2 Kings 15:5-7 correspond to 2 Chronicles 26:21-23 only. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 26:23

(23) So Uzziah slept.— 2 Kings 15:7.In the field of the burial.—In the burial field or graveyard belonging to the kings, and near their sepulehres; but not in the royal tombs themselves, because a leper would have polluted them.Kings simply says, as usual, “in the city of David.” read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:1-23

UZZIAH, JOTHAM, AND AHAZ2 Chronicles 26:1-23; 2 Chronicles 27:1-9; 2 Chronicles 28:1-27AFTER the assassination of Amaziah, all the people of Judah took his son Uzziah, a lad of sixteen, called in the book of Kings Azariah, and made him king. The chronicler borrows from the older narrative the statement that "Uzziah did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done." In the light of the sins attributed both to Amaziah and Uzziah in Chronicles,... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:1-23

CHAPTER 26 The Reign of Uzziah 1. The beginning of his reign (2 Chronicles 26:1-5 ) 2. Uzziah’s success and fortifications (2 Chronicles 26:6-15 ) 3. Uzziah’s sin and leprosy (2 Chronicles 26:16-21 ) 4. The death of Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:22-23 ) The Son of Amaziah, Uzziah, in his sixteenth year, was made king by the people. In Second Kings 15 he is called Azariah. (In the annotations on 2 Kings 15:1-2 an explanation is given on this double name of Uzziah.) Isaiah was then prophet in... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:23

26:23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which [belonged] to the kings; for they said, He {m} [is] a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.(m) Therefore was buried apart in the same field but not in the same sepulchre with his predecessors. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:1-23

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 work of building the city of Elath, bringing it back under Judah's authority. This was a good beginning. He did right in the Lord's eyes, as did his father Amaziah in the early stages of his reign (v.4). Verse 5 indicates that Zechariah, evidently a priest who was a seer also, understanding "the... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:1-23

JEHORAM TO HEZEHIAH JEHORAM (2 Chronicles 21:0 ) Jehoshaphat followed Rehoboam’s example in arranging for his sons (2 Chronicles 21:3 ), but without the hoped-for result (2 Chronicles 21:4 ). Such a brother as Jehoram proved might be expected to act in his kingly capacity as verses five to seven testify. Elijah (2 Chronicles 21:12 ) may be mistaken of the transcribers for Elisha, as the former died earlier (2 Kings 2:0 ); unless we take the view in the margin that this was a “writing” he... read more