2 Chronicles 26:5-15 WEB

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 26:5

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:1-5

Premature responsibility, etc. In these verses we have a picture or a suggestion of— I. PREMATURE RESPONSIBILITY . "All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king." They all agreed to set a lad upon the throne. Events seem to have justified their course; and if Zechariah the prophet, or, what is more likely, some prominent "prince of Judah," acted as prime minister or protector, he may have succeeded even in the earlier years of his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:1-15

Uzziah the prosperous. I. A YOUTHFUL SOVEREIGN . ( 2 Chronicles 26:1-3 .) 1 . His names. Uzziah, "Might of Jehovah" ( 2 Kings 15:13 , 2 Kings 15:30 , 2 Kings 15:32 , 2 Kings 15:34 ; Isaiah 1:1 ; Isaiah 6:1 ; Amos 1:1 ; Zechariah 14:5 ); Azariah, "Whom Jehovah aids" ( 2 Kings 14:21 ; 2 Kings 15:1 , 2 Kings 15:6 , 2 Kings 15:8 , 2 Kings 15:17 , 2 Kings 15:23 , 2 Kings 15:27 ; 1 Chronicles 3:12 );—the former, the designation taken by or conferred... read more

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 26:5

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

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:1-15

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