2 Chronicles 26:17

17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, who were valiant men.

2 Chronicles 26:17 Meaning and 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.

2 Chronicles 26:17 In-Context

15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks with which to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad, for he was marvelously helped till he was strong.
16 But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction; for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, who were valiant men.
18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, "It pertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honor from the LORD God."
19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up on his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the incense altar.
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