2 Chronicles 26:10
Towers — To guard his cattle from the inroads which the Arabians were accustomed to make: and to give notice of the approach of any enemy.... [ Continue Reading ]
Towers — To guard his cattle from the inroads which the Arabians were accustomed to make: and to give notice of the approach of any enemy.... [ Continue Reading ]
Into Jerusalem — Into the holy place, where the altar of incense stood, and into which none but the priests might enter, much less offer incense.... [ Continue Reading ]
Withstood — Heb. stood up against Uzziah, not by force, or laying hands upon him to restrain him, for in the next verse you still find the censer in his hand; but only by admonition and reproof, which follows. Neither, &c. — Expect that God will punish thee, or put some brand of infamy upon thee for... [ Continue Reading ]
His forehead — So that he could not hide his shame: though it is probable it was also in the rest of his body. From beside — By a stroke from an invisible hand coming from the altar; that he might be assured this was the effect of God's displeasure.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thrust — Not by force, which needed not, for he voluntarily hasted away, as it follows; but by vehement persuasions and denunciations of God's farther judgments upon him, if he did not depart.... [ Continue Reading ]
His death — God would have this leprosy to be incurable, as a lasting monument of his anger against such presumptuous invaders of the priest's office. Dwelt, &c. — As he was obliged to do by law, which he durst not now resist, being under the hand of God, and under the fear of worse plagues, if he d... [ Continue Reading ]