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
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:1-15
We have here an account of two things concerning Uzziah:? I. His piety. In this he was not very eminent or zealous; yet he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. He kept up the pure worship of the true God as his father did, and was better than his father, inasmuch as we have no reason to think he ever worshipped idols as his father did, no, not in his latter days, when his heart was lifted up. It is said (2 Chron. 26:5), He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who, some think, was... read more