2 Chronik 26:5

5 Und er suchte Gott in den Tagen Sekarjas, der kundig war in den Gesichten Gottes; und in den Tagen, da er Jehova suchte, gab Gott ihm Gelingen.

2 Chronik 26:5 Meaning and 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 Moses and David to which the Targum seems to agree; which paraphrases it,

``who taught in the fear of the Lord;''

with which agree the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions; some copies read "in the fear of God"; as an ancient manuscript mentioned by Junius, and so the Talmud ^F12:

and, as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper;
in his kingdom, and against his enemies; even so long as he abode by the word, worship, and ordinances of God, of which instances are given, as follow.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Vid. Buxtorf. Lex. in rad. (har) .

2 Chronik 26:5 In-Context

3 Sechzehn Jahre war Ussija alt, als er König wurde, und er regierte zweiundfünfzig Jahre zu Jerusalem; und der Name seiner Mutter war Jekolja, von Jerusalem.

4 Und er tat, was recht war in den Augen Jehovas, nach allem, was sein Vater Amazja getan hatte.

5 Und er suchte Gott in den Tagen Sekarjas, der kundig war in den Gesichten Gottes; und in den Tagen, da er Jehova suchte, gab Gott ihm Gelingen.

6 Und er zog aus und stritt wider sie Philister, und riß nieder die Mauer von Gath und die Mauer von Jabne und die Mauer von Asdod; und er baute Städte um Asdod her und unter den Philistern.

7 Und Gott half ihm wider die Philister und wider die Araber, die zu Gur-Baal wohnten, und wider die Meuniter.