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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last,.... What were done by him, both in the beginning and latter end of his reign: did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write: not in his own prophecy, but in the history of his own times, which was usual for every prophet to write, though now lost, see 2 Kings 15:6.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So Uzziah slept with his fathers,.... Died as they did, the same year, according to Dr. Lightfoot (e), in which he was smitten with the leprosy; and in the year of his death it was Isaiah had the vision related in Isaiah 6:1, c. and they buried him with his fathers [See comments on 2 Kings 15:7]. (e) Works, vol. 1. p. 99.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 27 This chapter treats of the reign of Jotham, which was a good one, 2 Chronicles 27:1, of his buildings and wars, 2 Chronicles 27:3, and of his death and burial, 2 Chronicles 27:7.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jotham was twenty five years old,.... [See comments on 2 Kings 15:33].
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
Here is a very short account of the reign of Jotham, a pious prosperous prince, of whom one would wish to have known more: but we may better dispense with the brevity of his story because that which lengthened the history of the last three kings was their degeneracy in their latter end, of which we have had a faithful account; but there was no...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he did that which was right,.... [See comments on 2 Kings 15:34], howbeit, he entered not into the temple of the Lord; to burn incense, as his father did; he did according to his good ways, but not his evil ones: and the people did yet corruptly; in sacrificing and burning incense in the high places, 2 Kings 15:35 which some think Joash...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He built the high gate in the house of the Lord,.... See the note on 2 Kings 15:35 and on the wall of Ophel he built much; which Kimchi interprets an high place; it was the eastern part of Mount Zion. Josephus (f) calls it Ophlas, and says it joined to the eastern porch of the temple; and some have thought the porch of the temple is meant; the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah,.... In the mountainous part of it, the hill country of Judea, Lu 1:65, and in the forests he built castles and towers; for the safety of travellers, and of shepherds and their flocks, see 2 Chronicles 26:10.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them,.... These were brought into subjection by David; but in later times endeavoured to cast off the yoke, and even invaded the land of Judah, as in the days of Jehoshaphat, and now in the reign of Jotham, but succeeded not, see Amos 1:13 and the children of Ammon gave him the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So Jotham became mighty,.... Having built towers and castles, and fortified cities, and conquered his enemies: because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God; ordered, directed, and guided them according to the word and will of God, and walked as in the sight of God, having the fear of him continually before him.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars,.... Not only with the Ammonites, but with the Syrians, and ten tribes, see 2 Kings 15:37 and his ways, lo, they are written in the books of the kings of Israel and Judah; not in the canonical books of Kings, but in the Chronicles of the kings of both nations, see 2 Kings 15:36.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He was twenty five years old,.... The same is repeated here as in 2 Chronicles 27:1.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 9 [See comments on 2 Kings 15:38].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 28 This chapter contains the reign of Ahaz, and gives an account of the idolatry he was guilty of, 2 Chronicles 28:1, what calamities came upon him and his people, being delivered up into the hands of the kings of Syria and Israel, who slew many, and carried others captives, 2 Chronicles 28:5, though they that were...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 1-4. Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign,.... These verses are much the same with 2 Kings 16:2, only in 2 Chronicles 28:2 it is said, he made also molten images for Baalim; the several Baals or idols of the nations round about, as well as served Jeroboam's calves; see Judges 2:11, and he is said in 2 Chronicles 28:3, to burn...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
This chapter is the history of the reign of Ahaz the son of Jotham; a bad reign it was, and which helped to augment the fierce anger of the Lord. We have here, I. His great wickedness, ver. 1-4. II. The trouble he brought himself into by it, ver. 5-8. III. The reproof which God sent by a prophet to the army of Israel for trampling upon their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: for he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: So that he died before he reached the prime of life; he was cut off by God in the very midst of his sin.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: for he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, — They had set up the worship of God under emblems, there were the calves of Bethel, the representation of strength: it was the worship of God by imagery, and Ahaz imitated it, and went even further in sin, —
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on 2 Chronicles 28:1]