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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 26 This chapter relates the good reign of Uzziah, 2 Chronicles 26:1, his wars and victories, his buildings, the number of his soldiers, and his military stores, 2 Chronicles 26:6, 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,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 1-4. Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah,.... Of this and the three following verses, see the notes on 2 Kings 14:21 where Uzziah is called Azariah. [See comments on 2 Kings 14:21] [See comments on 2 Kings 14:22] [See comments on 2 Kings 15:2] [See comments on 2 Kings 15:3]
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
This chapter gives us an account of the reign of Uzziah (Azariah he was called in the Kings) more fully than we had it before, though it was long, and in some respects illustrious, yet it was very briefly related, 2 Kings xiv. 21; xv. 1, &c. Here is, I. His good character in general, ver. 1-5. II. His great prosperity in his wars, his buildings,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on 2 Chronicles 26:1].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on 2 Chronicles 26:1].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on 2 Chronicles 26:1].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he went forth, and warred against the Philistines,.... Who in the times of Jehoram broke in upon Judah, and distressed them, 2 Chronicles 21:16 and brake down the wall of Gath; which was one of the five principalities of the Philistines: and the wall of Jabneh; nowhere else mentioned in Scripture, but frequent in the Jewish writings; where the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And God helped him against the Philistines,.... He did not do all before related of himself, and by his own strength, but by the help of God; the Targum is "the Word of the Lord helped him:'' and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal; the same with Gerar, according to the Targum; which also belonged to the Philistines, and had a king in...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah,.... As tributaries to him, or; however, as desirous to live in friendship with him: and his name spread abroad, even to the entering in of Egypt; so far he carried his arms, and conquered the countries that lay between Palestine and Egypt: for he strengthened himself exceedingly; his kingdom and its coasts...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate,.... Which was broken down by the king of Israel in his father's time, 2 Chronicles 25:23 and which he not only repaired, but strengthened, by building a tower upon it: and at the valley gate; which led to the valley, Ne 2:13, called the valley of the dead bodies, in which they were...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Also he built towers in the desert,.... In the desert of Arabia, to protect travellers from thieves and robbers, and particularly shepherds and their flocks, as appears by what follows; which a certain writer (p) thinks are the same which the Indians call pagodas; not such as served for temples, but were buildings encompassed with good walls,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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" (u), "scorpiones" (w), c. and by this it appears that these were not first invented in Greece and Rome, but in Judea. It is said (x), that...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...