2 Chronicles 26:9-19

9 Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at ¹the Corner Gate and at the ²Valley Gate and at the corner buttress and fortified them.

10 He built towers in the wilderness and ³hewed many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the lowland and in the plain. He also had plowmen and vinedressers in the hill country and the fertile fields, for he loved the soil.

11 Moreover, Uzziah had an army ready for battle, which entered combat by divisions according to the number of their muster, prepared by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the official, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king's officers.

12 The total number of the heads of the households, of valiant warriors, was 2,600 *.

13 Under their direction was an elite army of 307,500 * * * * * *, who could wage war with great power, to help the king against the enemy.

14 Moreover, Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows and sling stones.

15 In Jerusalem he made engines of war invented by skillful men to be on the towers and on the corners for the purpose of shooting arrows and great stones. Hence his fame spread afar *, for he was marvelously helped until * he was strong.

Pride Is Uzziah's Undoing

16 But ⁴when he became strong, his heart was so proud that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for ⁵he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

17 Then ⁶Azariah the priest entered after him and with him eighty priests of the LORD, valiant men.

18 ⁷They opposed Uzziah the king and said to him, "⁸It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, ⁹but for the priests, the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful and will have no honor from the LORD God."

19 But Uzziah, with a censer in his hand for burning incense, was enraged; and while he was enraged with the priests, ¹⁰the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, beside * the altar of incense.

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2 Chronicles 26:9-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 26

This chapter relates the good reign of Uzziah, 2Ch 26:1-5, his wars and victories, his buildings, the number of his soldiers, and his military stores, 2Ch 26:6-15, his invasion of the priest's office, in attempting to offer incense, for which he was smitten with a leprosy, which continued to his death, 2Ch 26:16-23.

the three following verses, see the notes on 2Ki 14:21,22, 15:2,3 where Uzziah is called Azariah. \\See Gill on "2Ki 14:21"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 14:22"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 15:2"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 15:3"\\ 19692-950125-1735-2Ch26.2

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

1. 2 Chronicles 25:23
2. Nehemiah 2:13, 15; Nehemiah 3:13
3. Genesis 26:18-21
4. 2 Chronicles 25:5
5. Deuteronomy 32:15; 2 Chronicles 25:19
6. 1 Kings 13:1-4
7. 1 Chronicles 6:10
8. 2 Chronicles 19:2
9. Numbers 3:10; Numbers 16:39, 40
10. Exodus 30:7, 8
11. 2 Kings 5:25-27

Footnotes 8

[a]. Heb "shephelah"
[b]. Lit "goes out to"
[c]. Lit "by the hand of"
[d]. Lit "fathers"
[e]. Lit "powerful"
[f]. Lit "for them, for all"
[g]. Lit "name"
[h]. Lit "lifted up"