2 Chronicles 26:1-11

1 All the people of Yehudah took `Uzziyah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amatzyah.

2 He built Elot, and restored it to Yehudah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

3 Sixteen years old was `Uzziyah when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Yerushalayim: and his mother's name was Yekholyah, of Yerushalayim.

4 He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amatzyah had done.

5 He set himself to seek God in the days of Zekharyah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.

6 He went forth and warred against the Pelishtim, and broke down the wall of Gat, and the wall of Yavneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in [the country of] Ashdod, and among the Pelishtim.

7 God helped him against the Pelishtim, and against the `Aravi'im who lived in Gur-Ba`al, and the Me`unim.

8 The `Ammonim gave tribute to `Uzziyah: and his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Mitzrayim; for he grew exceeding strong.

9 Moreover `Uzziyah built towers in Yerushalayim at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning [of the wall], and fortified them.

10 He built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: [and he had] farmers and vineyard keepers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved farming.

11 Moreover `Uzziyah had an army of fighting men, who went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Ye`i'el the Sofer and Ma`aseyah the officer, under the hand of Hananyah, one of the king's captains.

2 Chronicles 26:1-11 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.

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