Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. ENSUITE, TOUS LES HABITANTS DE JUDA ONT PRIS OZIAS - (voir les notes à 2 Rois 14:21 - 2 Rois 14:22; 2 Rois 15:1 - 2 Rois 15:3.)... [ Continuer la lecture ]
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. IL A CONSTRUIT ELOTH - ou, 'C'est lui qui a construit Eloth.' Le récit des fortifications de ce port de la mer Rouge, qu'Ozias a restitué au royaume de Juda (2 Chroniques 33:13), est placé avant les notices chr... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_SIXTEEN YEARS OLD WAS UZZIAH WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND HE REIGNED FIFTY AND TWO YEARS IN JERUSALEM. HIS MOTHER'S NAME ALSO WAS JECOLIAH OF JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. IL A CHERCHÉ DIEU AU TEMPS DE ZACHARIE - un co... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. IL EST PARTI ET A FAIT LA GUERRE AUX PHILISTINS. Il les a vaincus dans de nombreux combats, a démantelé... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND GOD HELPED HIM AGAINST THE PHILISTINES, AND AGAINST THE ARABIANS THAT DWELT IN GURBAAL, AND THE MEHUNIMS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly. LES AMMONITES ONT FAIT DES CADEAUX. Les pays à l'est du Jourdain lui sont devenus tributaires et, par la succession rapide et l'étendue de ses victoires,... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them. OZIAS A CONSTRUIT DES TOURS À JÉRUSALEM ... - d'où la résistance pouvait être faite ou les missiles lancés contre les assaillants. Les sites du principal de c... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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 Carmel: for he loved husbandry. IL A ÉGALEMENT CONSTRUIT DES TOURS DANS LE DÉSERT - dans le triple but de défe... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. UNE FOULE DE COMBATTANTS, PARTIS À LA GUERRE PAR BANDES. Il a levé un... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_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.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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 helped, till he was strong. FABRIQUÉS ... DES MOTEURS, INVENTÉS PAR DES HOMMES RUSÉS ... POUR TIR... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But when he was strong, his heart 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. IL A TRANSGRESSÉ CONTRE LE SEIGNEUR ... - (voir la note à 2 Rois 15:5.) Cet acte audacieux et méchant est... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND AZARIAH THE PRIEST WENT IN AFTER HIM, AND WITH HIM FOURSCORE PRIESTS OF THE LORD, THAT WERE VALIANT MEN:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the L... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THEN UZZIAH WAS WROTH, AND HAD A CENSER IN HIS HAND TO BURN INCENSE: AND WHILE HE WAS WROTH WITH THE PRIESTS, THE LEPROSY EVEN ROSE UP IN HIS FOREHEAD BEFORE THE PRIESTS IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, FROM BESIDE THE INCENSE ALTAR._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a 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. A HABITÉ DANS UNE MAISON INDIVIDUELLE - dans une infirmerie; i: e.,... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_NOW THE REST OF THE ACTS OF UZZIAH, FIRST AND LAST, DID ISAIAH THE PROPHET, THE SON OF AMOZ, WRITE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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 is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. ILS L'ONT ENTERRÉ ... DANS LE CHAMP DE L'ENTERREMENT QUI APPARTENAIT AUX ROIS. Il a été inhumé, no... [ Continuer la lecture ]