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Verse 2 Chronicles 26:15. _ENGINES - TO SHOOT ARROWS AND GREAT
STONES_] The _Targum_ says, "He made in Jerusalem ingenious
instruments, and little hollow towers, to stand upon the towers and
upon the...
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Uzziah’s engines seem to have corresponded respectively to the Roman
balista and catapulta. The balista, which threw stones, was known to
the Assyrians as early as the time of Sardanapalus I, the cont...
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CHAPTER 26 THE REIGN OF UZZIAH
_ 1. The beginning of his reign (2 Chronicles 26:1)_
2. Uzziah's success and fortifications (2 Chronicles 26:6)
3. Uzziah's sin and leprosy (2
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THE REIGN OF UZZIAH (see notes on 2 Kings 14:21 to 2 Kings 15:7). The
Chronicler amplifies considerably the account of this reign in 2 K.
which is very meagre: his additions are in all probability bas...
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ENGINES. The Roman balista, or catapults that would cast stones up to
300 lb.. quarter of. mile.
CUNNING. Old Eng.. knowing, or skilful.
MARVELLOUSLY HELPED: or, marvelled at for being helped.
TILL...
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_engines_ Cp. 1Ma 6:51-52 and article Engine Hastings" _Bible
Dictionary_.
_bulwarks_ R.V. BATTLEMENTS (lit. "corners").
_helped_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 26:7....
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DISCOURSE: 418
THE BAD EFFECTS OF PROSPERITY
2 Chronicles 26:15. _He was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction_.
IT not unfrequen...
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HE MADE IN JERUSALEM ENGINES, &C.— This is the first time that we
read of any machine either for besieging or defending towns; which is
plainly the reason why sieges were of so long a continuance befo...
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11. THE REIGN OF UZZIAH (Chapter 26)
TEXT
2 Chronicles 26:1. And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was
sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father
Amaziah. 2. He built Eloth...
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_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. AND HIS NAME SPREAD FAR ABROAD; FOR HE WAS MARVELLOUSLY...
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ENGINES] These were machines of the nature of catapults....
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REIGN OF UZZIAH
This chapter adds largely to the parallel account of Uzziah's reign in
2 Kings 15:1, and furnishes information respecting his wars, his
military defences, and the cause of his leprosy...
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2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE
The *Kingdom called Judah
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 26
UZZIAH WINS WITH GOD’S HELP – 2 CHRONICLES 26:1-15
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ENGINES, INVENTED BY CUNNING MEN. — The first mention of artillery.
Literally, _devices, a devising of a deviser._ The word “engine”
(i.e., _ingenium,_ which is late Latin for _ballista_) fairly
repre...
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UZZIAH’S CAMPAIGNS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND MILITARY STRENGTH
(2 Chronicles 26:6).
This section is peculiar to the Chronicles. Although the book of Kings
passes over the facts recorded here, they are essen...
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וַ יַּ֣עַשׂ ׀ בִּ ירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם
חִשְּׁבֹנֹ֜ות מַחֲשֶׁ֣בֶת...
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UZZIAH, JOTHAM, AND AHAZ
2 Chronicles 26:1; 2 Chronicles 27:1; 2 Chronicles 28:1
AFTER the assassination of Amaziah, all the people of Judah took his
son Uzziah, a lad of sixteen, calle
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GOD MADE HIM TO PROSPER
2 Chronicles 26:1
The reign of Uzziah was, to all appearance, extremely prosperous; but
his personal character deteriorated, as though it could not bear an
unbroken succession...
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The story of Uzziah's long reign of fifty-two years is most
interesting and remarkable. He was a man of strong character, and the
early part of his occupancy of the throne was characterized by true
pr...
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During the time that Uzziah favored the service of the temple the Lord
made his way prosperous in temporal things. This is the sense of what
is meant by the Lord's helping him....
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21 THROUGH 26.
Finally, the king perishes, according to Elijah's prediction. Disaster
upon disaster falls upon Judah in consequence of this connection with
th...
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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",
"b...
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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. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously
h...
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1 Vzziah succeeding, and reigning well in the dayes of Zechariah,
prospereth.
16 Waxing proud, he inuadeth the Priests office, and is smitten with
leprosie.
22 Hee dieth, and Iotham succeedeth him....
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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, the first machines for throwing projectiles mentioned in...
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THE SUCCESS OF UZZIAH...
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THE REIGN OF UZZIAH
(vv.1-15)
Uzziah, the son of Amaziah, took the throne of Judah when he was only
16 years old and reigned for 52 years. The first thing mentioned about
him is the positive good w...
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SPREAD FAR:
_ Heb._ went forth...
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1-15 As long as Uzziah sought the Lord, and minded religion, God made
him to prosper. Those only prosper whom God makes to prosper; for
prosperity is his gift. Many have owned, that as long as they s...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Chronicles 26:15 made H6213 (H8799) devices H2810 Jerusalem H3389
invented H4284 men H2803 (H8802) towers...
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2 Chronicles 26:15
I. Uzziah's marvellous prosperity. He was a clever, enterprising,
busy, practical man, just the sort of man to advance the arts of
civilisation, to develop a country's resources, a...
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CONTENTS: Accession of Uzziah. His successes and fame.
CHARACTERS: God, Uzziah, Zechariah, Jotham, Isaiah.
CONCLUSION: The world's smiles are the devil's darts and prosperity
ruin as many as adversi...
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2 Chronicles 26:1. _Uzziah_ is called Azariah in 2 Kings 14:21.
2 Chronicles 26:5. _Uzziah sought God in the days of Zechariah._ This
good priest being dead, as above, it must mean that Zechariah had...
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_For he was marvellously helped till he was strong._
MARVELLOUSLY HELPED TILL STRONG
Two kinds of help, natural and supernatural.
1. A time when we cannot help ourselves. Infancy.
2. A time of gro...
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2 CHRONICLES 26:1 Uzziah. Compare 2 Kings 15:2. The Chronicler
emphasizes God’s blessing on Uzziah’s long reign (792–740 B.C.)
but also the cause of his eventual downfall....
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CRITICAL NOTES.] Uzziah’s character (2 Chronicles 26:1). “It is
not too much to say that we are indebted to Chronicles for our whole
conception of the character of Uz., and for nearly our whole knowle...
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EXPOSITION
The twenty-three verses of this chapter, entirely occupied with the
career of Uzziah, have to be content with a parallel of nine verses
only, viz. 2 Kings 14:21, 2 Kings 14:22; 2 Kings 15:1...
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Chapter 26 we find the beginning of the reign of Uzziah. Now he was
only sixteen years old when he began to reign and he had one of the
longest reigns outside of Manasseh, the longest reign of any kin...
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2 Chronicles 2:14; 2 Chronicles 2:7; Exodus 31:4; Matthew 4:24...