2 Crónicas 26:19-23 NTV

The reign of fifty-two years spoiled in an hour. Many a reign, indeed, was a spoiled reign which had begun well, promised well, and continued well for some length, of time. But the reign of Uzziah, of all the reigns of Judah and of Israel the longest with the one exception of that of Manasseh, and particularly full of prosperity, and remarkably varied prosperity within, of success in just foreign wars, and of that which led to these things, viz. the most gracious tokens of the Divine... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:16-21

A clouded close. We could have wished that the end of Uzziah's life had answered to the beginning; that a reign which began so well, which had so commendable and even distinguished a record, bad closed in light and honour. But it was not to be. That powerful temptation which assails the strong and the victorious proved too powerful for the Hebrew king; he fell beneath its force, and he paid a heavy penalty for his fall. We have— I. A PAINFUL SPECTACLE in the person of a leprous... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:16-23

Uzziah the leprous. I. UZZIAH 'S TRANSGRESSION . Pride. "His heart was lifted up." This the inevitable tendency of too much material and temporal prosperity ( Deuteronomy 8:13 , Deuteronomy 8:14 ). Exemplified in Amaziah ( 2 Chronicles 25:18 , 2 Chronicles 25:19 ; 2 Kings 14:9 ), Sennacherib ( 2 Chronicles 32:31 ; 2 Kings 18:19-35 ), Nebuchadnezzar ( Daniel 4:30-34 ; Daniel 5:20 ). 2 . The nature of it. "He went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:19

Render, Then Uzziah was wrath, and in his hand (at that moment) was a censer to burn incense, etc. From the most literal rendering of the Hebrew text, not unfrequently the most forcible Bible English results. From beside ; render, at the very side of (comp. Numbers 12:10 ; 2 Kings 5:27 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:20

They thrust him out. This hiph. conjugation of kal בָּהַל does not point to the force adopted, but to the trembling anxiety with which, for horror's sake of such a monstrous catastrophe, as a leper by the altar and with a censer in his hand, etc; the priests urged him out. Evidently, from the next clause, no great force in the ordinary sense was needed. Yea, himself hasted . The Hebrew verb is niph. conjugation of דָחַף . It is interesting to note that this root occurs only... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:21

And dwelt in a several house. The Hebrew for "several house" is הַחָפְשׁוֹת : the parallel ( 2 Kings 15:5 ) showing yod instead of van in the last syllable. The verbal root is חָפַשׁ , and occurs once (Le 19:20, with the Authorized Version rendering "was free;" in the same verse is also found a feminine noun derived from it, and rendered in the Authorized Version "freedom''). The adjective חָפְשִׁי occurs sixteen times, and is always rendered in the Authorized Version... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:22

Isaiah the prophet . Isaiah the prophet asserts that his prophetic inspiration was in Uzziah's time ( Isaiah 1:1 ; Isaiah 6:1 ), or we should have taken for granted that, as he was alive in the time of Hezekiah, grandson to Uzziah, he wrote of Uzziah only from hearsay and previous records. It must be concluded, accordingly, that Isaiah's inspiration as a prophet was early in his own life, that the beginning of it dated not long before the end of Uzziah's career, and that his life was a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:23

In the field of the burial which belonged to the kings . The parallel simply says," with his fathers in the city of David." Judging, however, both from the somewhat remarkable words in our text, "the field of the burial" ( i.e. the burial-field), and from the following clause, for they said, He is a leper , we may understand that, though it was in the "city of David" that he was buried, and "with his fathers" so far forth, and also that he lay near them, yet his actual sepulchre was... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:20

Death was denounced by the Law against those who invaded the office of the priest; and death had been the actual punishment of Korah and his company. Uzziah feared lest from him also the extreme penalty should be exacted, and therefore hasted to quit the sacred building where his bare presence was a capital crime. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:16-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:16-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:19

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:22

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:20

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