2Ch 26:1
26:1 Then all the people of Judah took {a} Uzziah, who [was]
     sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his
     father Amaziah.

     (a) Called also Azariah.

2Ch 26:2
26:2 He built {b} Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that
     the king slept with his fathers.

     (b) He fortified it and made it strong: this city was also
         called Elath and Elanon near the Red sea.

2Ch 26:5
26:5 And he sought God in the days of {c} Zechariah, who had
     understanding in the visions of God: and as long as {d} he
     sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.

     (c) This was not the Zechariah that was the son of
         Jehoiada, but some other prophet of that name.
     (d) For God never forsakes any who seek him, and therefore
         man is the cause of his own destruction.

2Ch 26:8
26:8 And the Ammonites gave {e} gifts to Uzziah: and his name
     spread abroad [even] to the entering in of Egypt; for he
     strengthened [himself] exceedingly.

     (e) That is, they paid tribute in a sign of subjection.

2Ch 26:9
26:9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner
     gate, and at the valley gate, and at the {f} turning [of
     the wall], and fortified them.

     (f) Where the wall or tower turns.

2Ch 26:10
26:10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells:
      for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in
      the plains: husbandmen [also], and vine dressers in the
      mountains, and in {g} Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

      (g) That is, in mount Carmel, or as the word signifies in
          the fruitful field, it is also taken for a green ear
          of corn when it is full, @Le 2:14.

2Ch 26:12
26:12 The whole {h} number of the chief of the fathers of the
      mighty men of valour [were] two thousand and six hundred.

      (h) Of the chief officers of the king's house, or of the
          captains and sergeants for war.

2Ch 26:16
26:16 But when he was strong, his heart {i} 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.

      (i) Thus prosperity causes men to trust in themselves and
          by forgetting him who is the author of it, procure
          their own punishment.

2Ch 26:18
26:18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, [It
      appertaineth] not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto
      the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are
      consecrated to burn incense: {k} go out of the sanctuary;
      for thou hast trespassed; neither [shall it be] for thine
      honour from the LORD God.

      (k) Though his zeal seemed to be good and also his
          intention, yet because they were not governed by the
          word of God, he did wickedly and was therefore both
          justly resisted and also punished.

2Ch 26:21
26:21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death,
      and dwelt in a {l} several house, [being] a leper; for he
      was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son
      [was] over the king's house, judging the people of the
      land.

      (l) According to the commandment of the Lord,
          @Le 13:46.

2Ch 26:23
26:23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with
      his fathers in the field of the burial which [belonged] to
      the kings; for they said, He {m} [is] a leper: and Jotham
      his son reigned in his stead.

      (m) Therefore was buried apart in the same field but not
          in the same sepulchre with his predecessors.



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