2 Chronicles 26:11-18

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 26:11

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:12

The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand six hundred. Who were the commanders and principal officers of his army; and such a number supposed a large army, as follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:13

And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred ,.... Which was larger than that in his father's time by 7500, 2 Chronicles 25:5 besides officers: that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy ; they were ready to fight, and fight valiantly, whenever the king had any occasion for them, or the land was invaded. read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:15

And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers, and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal ,.... Such as with the Romans were called "catapultae", "ballistae" F21 Cicero. Tusculan. Quaest. l. 2. Tacit. Hist. l. 3. c. 23. , "scorpiones" F23 Ammian. Marcellin. l. 23. , &c.; and by this it appears that these were not first invented in Greece and Rome, but in Judea. It is said F24 Vid. Valtrinum de re militari Roman. l. 5.... 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

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