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Verse 2 Chronicles 26:14. _SHIELDS, AND SPEARS_] He prepared a vast
number of military weapons, that he might have them in readiness to
put into the hands of his subjects on any exigency....
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The sling was used in war by the Assyrians, the Egyptians, the
Persians, the Greeks, Romans, and others. Its employment by the
Benjamites appears from Judges 20:16, and by the ten tribes, a century
be...
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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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HABERGEONS. bucklers, or coats of mail....
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_throughout all the host_ R.V. EVEN FOR ALL THE HOST.
_habergeons_ R.V. COATS OF MAIL. Skeat (_Cambridge Companion to the
Bible_, p. 549) explains habergeon as "a smaller kind of _hauberk_, a
coat of...
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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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_THE WHOLE NUMBER OF THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS OF THE MIGHTY MEN OF
VALOUR WERE TWO THOUSAND AND SIX HUNDRED._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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26:14 shields, (f-9) Small shields....
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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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HABERGEONS] RV 'coats of mail.'
SLINGS _to cast_ STONES] RV 'stones for slinging': which had to be
supplied of a certain size and in sufficient quantity....
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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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THROUGHOUT. — To _wit, for all the army,_ an apposition.
SHIELDS, AND SPEARS (_rĕmâchîm,_ “lances”), AND HELMETS, AND
HABERGEONS (_shiryônôth,_ “coats of mail” “cuirasses “). —
For the heavy armed....
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וַ יָּכֶן֩ לָהֶ֨ם עֻזִּיָּ֜הוּ לְ כָל
־הַ
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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 UZZIAH PREPARED FOR THEM THROUGHOUT ALL THE HOST,.... For every
soldier in the army:
SHIELDS AND SPEARS; defensive and offensive weapons, the one to cover
and protect their bodies, the other to p...
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And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and
spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings [to cast]
stones.
Ver. 14. _And habergeons._] Back and breastpieces. Christ...
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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 Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and
spears, and helmets, and habergeons, coats of mail, AND BOWS, AND
SLINGS TO CAST STONES, a skill in which the Benjamites had always be...
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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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SLINGS TO CAST STONES:
_ Heb._ stones of slings...
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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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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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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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1 Samuel 17:49; Judges 20:16...