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26:9 Uzziah <05818> built <01129> and fortified <02388> towers <04026> in <05921> Jerusalem <03389> at the <05921> Corner <06438> Gate <08179>, Valley <01516> Gate <08179>, and at <05921> the Angle <04740>. 26:10 He built <01129> towers <04026> in the desert <04057> and dug <02672> many <07227> cisterns <0953>, for <03588> he owned many <07227> herds <04735> in the lowlands <08219> and on the plain <04334>. He had workers in the fields <0406> and vineyards <03755> in the hills <02022> and in Carmel <03760>, for <03588> he loved <0157> agriculture <0127>. 26:11 Uzziah <05818> had an army of skilled warriors <02428> trained <06213> for battle <04421>. They were organized <03318> by divisions <01416> <06635> according to the muster <06486> rolls <04557> made by <03027> Jeiel <03273> the scribe <05608> and Maaseiah <04641> the officer <07860> under <05921> the authority <03027> of Hananiah <02608>, a royal <04428> official <08269>. 26:12 The total <03605> number <04557> of family <01> leaders <07218> who led warriors <02428> <01368> was 2,600 <03967> <08337> <0505>. 26:13 They commanded <03027> an army <06635> of 307,500 <03967> <02568> <0505> <07651> <0505> <03967> <07969> skilled and able warriors <02428> <03581> who were ready <05826> to defend <04421> <06213> the king <04428> against <05921> his enemies <0341>. 26:14 Uzziah <05818> supplied <03559> shields <04043>, spears <07420>, helmets <03553>, breastplates <08302>, bows <07198>, and slingstones <07050> <068> for the entire <03605> army <06635>. 26:15 In Jerusalem <03389> he made <06213> war machines <02810> carefully <02803> designed <04284> to shoot <03384> arrows <02678> and large <01419> stones <068> from the towers <04026> and corners <06438> of the walls. He became very famous <08034>, for <03588> he received tremendous <06381> support <05826> and became powerful <02388>. 26:16 But once <05704> he became powerful <02393>, his pride <03820> <01361> destroyed <07843> him. He disobeyed <04603> the Lord <03068> his God <0430>. He entered <0935> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01964> to offer incense <06999> on <05921> the incense <07004> altar <04196>. 26:17 Azariah <05838> the priest <03548> and eighty <08084> other brave <02428> priests <03548> of the Lord <03068> followed <0310> him in. 26:18 They confronted <05921> <05975> King <04428> Uzziah <05818> and said <0559> to him, “It is not proper <03808> for you, Uzziah <05818>, to offer incense <06999> to the Lord <03068>. That <03588> is the responsibility of the priests <03548>, the descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175>, who are consecrated <06942> to offer incense <06999>. Leave <04480> <03318> the sanctuary <04720>, for <03588> you have disobeyed <04603> and the Lord <03068> God <0430> will not <03808> honor <03519> you!” 26:19 Uzziah <05818>, who had an incense <06999> censer <04730> in his hand <03027>, became angry <02196>. While he was ranting and raving <02196> at <05973> the priests <03548>, a skin disease <06883> appeared <02224> on his forehead <04696> right there in front of <06440> the priests <03548> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> near <05921> the incense <07004> altar <04196>. 26:20 When Azariah <05838> the high <07218> priest <03548> and the other <03605> priests <03548> looked <06437> at <0413> him, there was a skin disease <06879> on his forehead <04696>. They hurried <0926> him out <0926> of there <08033>; even <01571> the king himself <01931> wanted to leave <03318> quickly <01765> because <03588> the Lord <03068> had afflicted <05060> him. 26:21 King <04428> Uzziah <05818> suffered from a skin disease <06879> until <05704> the day <03117> he died <04194>. He lived <03427> in separate <02669> quarters <01004>, afflicted by a skin disease <06879> and <03588> banned <01504> from the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. His son <01121> Jotham <03147> was in charge of <05921> the palace <04428> <01004> and ruled over <08199> the people <05971> of the land <0776>. 26:22 The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Uzziah’s <05818> reign, from start <07223> to finish <0314>, were recorded <03789> by the prophet <05030> Isaiah <03470> son <01121> of Amoz <0531>. 26:23 Uzziah <05818> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> near his ancestors <01> in a cemetery <06900> <07704> belonging to the kings <04428>. (This was because <03588> he had a skin disease <06879>.) His son <01121> Jotham <03147> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.

• 2Ch 26:1-23 -- Uzziah's Reign

• ZABAD

  [isbe] ZABAD - za'-bad (zabhadh, perhaps a contraction for (1) zebhadhyah, "Yahweh has given," i.e. Zebadiah; or (2) zabhdi'el, "El (God) is my gift" (HPN, 222 f); Zabed(t), with many variants): (1) A Jerahmeelite (1 Ch 2:36,37), s...
  

• Uzziah

  [ebd] a contracted form of Azari'ah the Lord is my strength. (1.) One of Amaziah's sons, whom the people made king of Judah in his father's stead (2 Kings 14:21; 2 Chr. 26:1). His long reign of about fifty-two years was "the most ...
  [smith] (strength of Jehovah). King of Judah B.C. 809-8 to 757-6. In some passages his name appears in the lengthened form Azariah: After the murder of Amaziah, his son Uzziah was chosen by the people, at the age of sixteen, to occu...
  [nave] UZZIAH 1. Called Azariah. King of Judah, 2 Kin. 14:21; 15:1, 2; 2 Chr. 26:1, 3. Rebuilds Elath, 2 Kin. 14:22; 2 Chr. 26:2. Reigns righteously, 2 Kin. 15:3; 2 Chr. 26:4, 5. Defeats the Philistines, 2 Chr. 26:6, 7. Takes t...
  

• UZZIAH; (AZARIAH)

  [isbe] UZZIAH; (AZARIAH) - u-zi'-a, oo-zi'-a (`uzziyah (2 Ki 15:13,30; Hos 1:1; Am 1:1; Zec 14:5), `uzziyahu (2 Ki 15:32,34; Isa 1:1; 6:1; 7:1; 2 Ch 26:1 ff; 27:2); also called `azaryah (2 Ki 14:21; 15:1,7; 1 Ch 3:12), 'azaryahu (2...
  

• Towers

  [ebd] of Babel (Gen. 11:4), Edar (Gen. 35:21), Penuel (Judg. 8:9, 17), Shechem (9:46), David (Cant. 4:4), Lebanon (7:4), Syene (Ezek. 29:10), Hananeel (Zech. 14:10), Siloam (Luke 13:4). There were several towers in Jerusalem (2 Ch...
  

• Tiglath-Pileser III.

  [ebd] or Tilgath-Pil-neser, the Assyrian throne-name of Pul (q.v.). He appears in the Assyrian records as gaining, in the fifth year of his reign (about B.C. 741), a victory over Azariah (= Uzziah in 2 Chr.26:1), king of Judah, wh...
  

• TEMPLE, A1

  [isbe] TEMPLE, A1 - tem'-p'l (hekhal, "palace"; sometimes, as in 1 Ki 6:3,5, etc.; Ezek 41:1,15 ff, used for "the holy place" only; bayith, "house," thus always in the Revised Version (British and American); hieron, naos): A. STRUC...
  

• Plain

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. 'abel (Judg. 11:33), a "grassy plain" or "meadow." Instead of "plains of the vineyards," as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version has "Abel-cheramim" (q.v.), comp. Judg. 11:22; 2 Chr. 16:4. (2.) Heb. 'elon...
  

• JUDAH, KINGDOM OF

  [isbe] JUDAH, KINGDOM OF - || I. CANAAN BEFORE THE MONARCHY 1. The Coming of the Semites 2. The Canaanites 3. The Israelite Confederacy 4. Migration into Canaan 5. The Bond of Union 6. Early Rulers 7. The Judges 8. Hereditary Kings...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Host

  [ebd] an entertainer (Rom. 16:23); a tavern-keeper, the keeper of a caravansary (Luke 10:35). In warfare, a troop or military force. This consisted at first only of infantry. Solomon afterwards added cavalry (1 Kings 4:26; 10:26)....
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Farm

  [ebd] (Matt. 22:5). Every Hebrew had a certain portion of land assigned to him as a possession (Num. 26:33-56). In Egypt the lands all belonged to the king, and the husbandmen were obliged to give him a fifth part of the produce; ...
  

• FENCED CITIES

  [smith] i.e. cities fortified or defended. The fortifications of the cities of Palestine, thus regularly "fenced," consisted of one or more walls (sometimes of thick stones, sometimes of combustible material), crowned with battlement...
  

• Engines

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. hishalon i.e., "invention" (as in Eccl. 7:29) contrivances indicating ingenuity. In 2 Chr. 26:15 it refers to inventions for the purpose of propelling missiles from the walls of a town, such as stones (the Roman ba...
  

• Corner

  [ebd] The angle of a house (Job 1:19) or a street (Prov. 7:8). "Corners" in Neh. 9:22 denotes the various districts of the promised land allotted to the Israelites. In Num. 24:17, the "corners of Moab" denotes the whole land of Mo...
  

• Coat of mail

  [ebd] the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "glittering" (1 Sam. 17:5, 38). The same word in the plural form is translated "habergeons" in 2 Chr. 26:14 and Neh. 4:16. The "harness" (1 Kings 22:34), "breastplate" (Isa. 59:17), and...
  

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

  [ebd] The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., "Acts of the Days." This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version "Chronicon," and hence "Chronicles." In the Sep...
  [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...
  

• Bulwarks

  [ebd] mural towers, bastions, were introduced by king Uzziah (2 Chr. 26:15; Zeph. 1:16; Ps. 48:13; Isa. 26:1). There are five Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version, but the same word is also variously rendered.
  

• Blessing

  [nave] BLESSING For blessing before eating, See: Prayer, Thanksgiving Before Taking Food. See also Benedictions. Responsive Blessings of the Law Deut. 28:1-14 For the responsive Curses of the law, See: Curse. Divine, Contingent...
  

• AZARIAH

  [ebd] whom Jehovah helps. (1.) Son of Ethan, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 2:8). (2.) Son of Ahimaaz, who succeeded his grandfather Zadok as high priest (1 Chr. 6:9; 1 Kings 4:2) in the days of Solomon. He officiated at the consec...
  [isbe] AZARIAH - az-a-ri'-a `azaryahu and `azaryah, "Yahweh has helped"): (1) King of Judah. See UZZIAH. (2) A Judahite of the house of Ethan the Wise (1 Ch 2:8). (3) The son of Jehu, descended from an Egyptian through the daughter...
  [smith] (whom the Lord helps) a common name in Hebrew, and especially in the families of the priests of the line of Eleazar, whose name has precisely the same meaning as Azariah. It is nearly identical, and is often confounded, with ...
  

• King Azariah (Uzziah)

  

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