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Verse 2 Chronicles 26:7. _AND GOD HELPED HIM_] "And the WORD of the
Lord helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who
lived in Gerar, and the plains of Meun." - _Targum_. These are...
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On the Mehunims or Maonites, see Judges 10:12 note....
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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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MEHUNIINS. See note on 2 Chronicles 20:1 and 1 Chronicles 4:41....
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_Gur-baal_ An unidentified place; a "Gur" is mentioned in 2 Kings
9:27. A slight correction of the Heb. would give, "in Gerar (cp.
Genesis 20:1) and against the Meunim."
_Mehunims_ R.V. MEUNIM; cp. 2...
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AND THE MEHUNIMS— Houbigant, with the Vulgate, reads _the
Ammonites;_ and the next verse, as well as the fifth of the next
chapter, gives us reason to believe that this reading is just....
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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 GOD HELPED HIM AGAINST THE PHILISTINES, AND AGAINST THE ARABIANS
THAT DWELT IN GURBAAL, AND THE MEHUNIMS._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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THE MEHUNIMS] see on 2 Chronicles 20:1....
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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
v1
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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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THE PHILISTINES, AND... THE ARABIANS. — They are named together in 2
Chronicles 17:11 also. Their seat, Gur-Baal, only mentioned here, is
unknown. The Targum makes it _Gerar;_ the LXX. apparently _Pet...
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וַ יַּעְזְרֵ֨הוּ הָֽ אֱלֹהִ֜ים עַל
־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֧ים...
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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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_Gurbaal. Gerera, (S. Jerom, Trad.) or Gebal, Psalm lxxxii. 8. Sept.
"the rock," or Petra, in Arabia, where Stephanus places the Gabalenes.
--- Ammonites. Heb. mehunim. Sept. "Mineans," (chap. xx. 1.;...
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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 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 AG...
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And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians
that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.
Ver. 7. _That dwelt in Gurbaal._] Which is the same with Gerar, saith
the Gloss: where Ab...
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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 God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians
that dwelt in Gurbaal, apparently nomadic tribes toward the southwest,
AND THE MEHUNIMS, the Meunites, affiliated with the Edomites...
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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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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 26:7 God H430 helped H5826 (H8799) Philistines H6430
Arabians H6163 lived H3427 (H8802) Baal H1485
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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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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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2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 26:6 Uzziah won victories over the
PHILISTINES in the west and southwest. He then built settlements in
the conquered territories. The ARABIANS and...
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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...