2 Kings 15:1-16:20 NIV1984

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 2 Kings 15:1-12

“A Leper until the Day of His Death” 2 Kings 15:1-12 The reign of Azariah, or Uzziah, in Judah was very splendid. Fifty-two years of almost unbroken prosperity! The story is told in the glowing periods of 2 Chronicles 26:1-23 . Here, too, we learn that his sun suffered an eclipse because he persisted in the sacrilegious endeavor to combine the office of king and priest-the exclusive prerogative of Messiah. See Zechariah 6:13 . As a leper he was excluded from all contact with his fellows, and... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 15:1-38

The throne of Judah was occupied by Azariah, the Uzziah of Isaiah. In the main, his reign was characterized by obedience to the divine will, yet the people continued in sin, and the king was smitten with leprosy. Going back to Israel, we find Zechariah succeeded Jeroboam. His life and reign were characterized by sin. Now begins a period the most terrible, in some respects, of all Israel's history. To the throne of Israel man succeeded man by way of murder. Zechariah was slain by Shallurn, who... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 15:1-7

The Reigns of Jeroboam King of Israel and Azariah (Uzziah) King of Judah (2 Kings 14:23 to 2 Kings 15:7 ). The next fourteen verses very much bring out the method and aims of the prophetic author of the Book of Kings. They describe the magnificent reigns of two of the most successful and long lived kings of Israel and Judah, Jeroboam II of Israel and Azariah (Uzziah) of Judah, kings in whose reigns Israel enjoyed wealth, power and prestige which were surpassed only in the days of David and... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 15:1-7

2 Kings 15:1-Judges : . Reign of Azariah (Uzziah).— The long reign of this king passes almost unnoticed in this book. He is called Uzziah elsewhere in Chronicles and Isaiah, except 1 Chronicles 3:12. 2 Kings 15:5 . Yahweh smote the king with leprosy. The isolation of men thus afflicted was enforced ( 2 Kings 7:3; see Leviticus 13:46, Numbers 5:3). It is uncertain what is meant by a several house. The Heb. word means “ free.” Azariah reigned but did not rule during his latter years. If most of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 15:1

Quest. How can this be true, seeing Amaziah, the father of this Azariah, lived only till the fifteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, 2 Kings 14:2,2 Kings 14:23? Answ. This might be either, first, Because Jeroboam was made king by and reigned with his father eleven or twelve years, and afterwards reigned alone; and so there is a twofold beginning of his kingdom; by the former this was his twenty-seventh year, and by the latter his fifteenth year. Or, secondly, Because there was an interreign for... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Kings 15:1-7

AZARIAH AND JOTHAM IN JUDAH, AND THE LAST SIX KINGS IN ISRAELCRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—2 Kings 15:1.—Azariah, son of Amaziah, king of Judah—This king is the Uzziah of 2 Chronicles 26:0. See there the more extended explanation of his leprosy. His act was the assumption of sacerdotal functions, which the Lord had restricted to the Levitical priesthood. He arrogated the office of Sovereign Pontiff, and God rebuked his arrogance and impiety. His heart was lifted up to his destruction (2... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 15:1-38

Chapter 15He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, he reigned for fifty-two years ( 2 Kings 15:2 ).One of the longest reigns.He did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; except that he left the high places where the people were sacrificing. And the LORD smote the king with leprosy ( 2 Kings 15:3-5 ).We will get the full story of this when we get to Chronicles.until the day of his death. [And so his son was sort of a... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 15:1-38

2 Kings 15:1 . Azariah; that is, Uzziah, as below, and Isaiah 6:1. He was a good man under affliction, brought several of the ten tribes under the wings of his defence, extended his empire to the Red sea, and sent a fleet round Africa. 2 Kings 15:5 . The king was a leper. See on 2 Chronicles 26:21. 2 Kings 15:12 . The fourth generation. God kept his promise with the house of Jehu, though his sons kept no faith with Him who placed them on the throne. 2 Kings 15:14 . Menahem smote... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 15:1

2Ki 15:1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. Ver. 1. Began Azariah … to reign,] i.e., To reign alone, after the death of his father, with whom he had reigned twelve or thirteen years before: or else there must be granted an interregnum, a vacancy in the royal seat of Judah, for so many years. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Kings 15:1

am 3194, bc 810 In the: 2 Kings 15:8, 2 Kings 14:16, 2 Kings 14:17 twenty and seventh: "This is the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam's partnership in the kingdom with his father, who made him consort at his going to the Syrian wars. It is the sixteenth year of Jeroboam's monarchy." Azariah: 2 Kings 15:13, 2 Kings 15:30-Zechariah :, 2 Kings 14:21, 2 Chronicles 26:1, 2 Chronicles 26:3, 2 Chronicles 26:4, Uzziah Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:6 - Azariah 2 Kings 15:32 - Jotham Hosea 1:1 - Uzziah Amos... read more