2 Chronicles 26:1-19

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:16-23

Here is the only blot we find on the name of king Uzziah, and it is such a one as lies not on any other of the kings. Whoredom, murder, oppression, persecution, and especially idolatry, gave characters to the bad kings and some of them blemishes to the good ones, David himself not excepted, witness the matter of Uriah. But we find not Uzziah charged with any of these; and yet he transgressed against the Lord his God, and fell under the marks of his displeasure in consequence, not, as other... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:1-4

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah ,.... Of this and the three following verses, see the notes on 2 Kings 14:21 where Uzziah is called Azariah. See Gill on 2 Kings 14:21 , 2 Kings 14:22 , 2 Kings 15:2 , 2 Kings 15:3 read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:5

And he sought God in the days of Zechariah ,.... Not that Zechariah, the last of the prophets save one, he lived three hundred years after this; nor he that Joash slew; but, as it may seem, a son of his, perhaps the same with him in Isaiah 8:2 , who had understanding in the visions of God : who either had prophetic visions granted to him, or had divine wisdom to interpret such that others had; or, as others think, had a gift of interpreting the prophecies of others, the writings of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:6

And he went forth, and warred against the Philistines ,.... Who in the times of Jehoram broke in upon Judah, and distressed them, 2 Chronicles 21:16 . and brake down the wall of Gath ; which was one of the five principalities of the Philistines: and the wall of Jabneh ; nowhere else mentioned in Scripture, but frequent in the Jewish writings; where the sanhedrim sometimes sat, and where was a famous university, and from whence sprung many of the Jewish rabbins; it is the same which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:7

And God helped him against the Philistines ,.... He did not do all before related of himself, and by his own strength, but by the help of God; the Targum is"the Word of the Lord helped him:" and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal ; the same with Gerar, according to the Targum; which also belonged to the Philistines, and had a king in Abraham's time, Genesis 20:1 , the same with Askelon, another of the five principalities of the Philistines: and the Mehunims ; or the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:8

And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah ,.... As tributaries to him, or; however, as desirous to live in friendship with him: and his name spread abroad, even to the entering in of Egypt ; so far he carried his arms, and conquered the countries that lay between Palestine and Egypt: for he strengthened himself exceedingly ; his kingdom and its coasts from the force of enemies. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:9

Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate ,.... Which was broken down by the king of Israel in his father's time, 2 Chronicles 25:23 and which he not only repaired, but strengthened, by building a tower upon it: and at the valley gate ; which led to the valley, Nehemiah 2:13 , called the valley of the dead bodies, in which they were cast, and in which the brook Kidron ran, Jeremiah 31:40 . and at the turning of the wall ; at each of those places he built... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:10

Also he built towers in the desert ,.... In the desert of Arabia, to protect travellers from thieves and robbers, and particularly shepherds and their flocks, as appears by what follows; which a certain writer F16 Agreement of Customs between the East Indians and Jews, art. 13. p. 61. thinks are the same which the Indians call pagodas; not such as served for temples, but were buildings encompassed with good walls, where flocks were gathered together in case of any alarm: and digged... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:11

Moreover, Uzziah had an host of fighting men ,.... A standing army: that went out to war by bands ; to annoy his enemies, and to scour the country from thieves and robbers, that came in troops to plunder: according to the number of their account, by the hand of Jeiel the scribe ; the secretary of war, who ordered these bands, settled their number, and directed their destination: and Maaseiah the ruler ; or officer over them, a lieutenant: under the hand of Hananiah, one of the... read more

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