2 Chronicles 26:16-19 NIV

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 26:16

When he was strong ,.... Became great and powerful, through his victories, the enlargement of his dominions, and having a numerous army, and these well accoutred, and many fortified cities and towers: his heart was lifted up to his destruction ; he grew vain and proud, elated with his flourishing circumstances, which issued in his ruin: for he transgressed against the Lord his God ; who had helped him, and made him so great, and had bestowed so many favours upon him; the Targum... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:17

And Azariah the priest went in after him ,.... To hinder him from doing it, and to persuade him to go out. This was the high priest, as appears from 2 Chronicles 26:20 and is thought to be the same that is spoken of in 1 Chronicles 6:10 . and with him eighty priests of the Lord, that were valiant men ; not only able bodied men, but men of spirit and courage, and zealous for the honour of God. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:18

And they withstood Uzziah the king ,.... They not only stood against him, but stood about him, surrounded him, so as to hinder him from approaching the altar of incense: and said unto him, it appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord ; it did not belong to his office as a king, it was no part of it but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense ; and to them only; for even the Levites might not do it, only those of the tribe of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:19

Then Uzziah was wroth ,.... With the priests, and, as Josephus F2 Antiqu. l. 9. c. 10. sect. 4. says, threatened to kill them: and had a censer in his hand to burn incense ; ready to do it, and resolved upon it: and while he was wroth with the priests ; and expressing his indignation, and do what he would do to them, if they continued to oppose him: the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar ; which... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:16

He transgressed against the Lord - "He sinned against the Word of the Lord his God." - T. Went into the temple to burn incense - Thus assuming to himself the priest's office. See this whole transaction explained in the notes on 2 Kings 15:5 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:1-23

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:1-23

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

To (his) destruction ; Hebrew, עַד־לְחַשְׁחִית , hiph. conjugation infin, of שָׁחַת . This conjugation frequently occurs in the sense of "destroying," but also as well without an accusative as with, in the sense of "doing corruptly" ( Genesis 6:12 with accusative; but without Deuteronomy 4:16 ; Deuteronomy 31:29 ; 2:19 ; Isaiah 1:19 ; and next chapter, Isaiah 1:2 ). He transgressed . The "transgression" of a heart that had waxed wanton through prosperity took that... 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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 26:16

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:16

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:16-21

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