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Text -- 2 Chronicles 26:1-7 (NET)
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Uzziah’s Reign
26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah , who was sixteen years old , and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place .
26:2 Uzziah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah had passed away .
26:3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign , and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem . His mother’s name was Jecholiah , who was from Jerusalem .
26:4 He did what the Lord approved , just as his father Amaziah had done .
26:5 He followed God during the lifetime of Zechariah , who taught him how to honor God . As long as he followed the Lord , God caused him to succeed .
26:6 Uzziah attacked the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath , Jabneh , and Ashdod . He built cities in the region of Ashdod and throughout Philistine territory.
26:7 God helped him in his campaigns against the Philistines , the Arabs living in Gur Baal , and the Meunites .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Uzziah |
UZZIAH; (AZARIAH) |
ZABAD |
JUDAH, KINGDOM OF |
Israel |
Gath |
Ashdod |
God |
Zechariah |
JECOLIAH |
Tiglath-Pileser III. |
Blessing |
Gur-baal |
Jabneh |
Obedience |
CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF |
Jecholiah |
Arabians |
MEHUNIMS, THE |
Ammonites |
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NET Notes: 2Ch 26:3 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: 2Ch 26:4 Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Amaziah his father had done.”
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