2 Chronicles 26:1-8

Uzziah’s Reign

26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, ¹  who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place. 26:2 Uzziah ²  built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah ³  had passed away. ⁴ 

26:3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. ⁵  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. ⁶  26:5 He followed ⁷  God during the lifetime of ⁸  Zechariah, who taught him how to honor God. As long as he followed ⁹  the Lord, God caused him to succeed. ¹⁰ 

26:6 Uzziah attacked ¹¹  the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities in the region of Ashdod and throughout Philistine territory. ¹²  26:7 God helped him in his campaigns ¹³  against the Philistines, the Arabs living in Gur Baal, and the Meunites. 26:8 The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah and his fame reached ¹⁴  the border of Egypt, for he grew in power.

[26:1]  ¹ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”

[26:2]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Uzziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:2]  ³ tn Heb “after the king”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:2]  ⁴ tn “slept with his fathers.”

[26:3]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[26:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Amaziah his father had done.”

[26:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “sought.”

[26:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “in the days of.”

[26:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “in the days of his seeking.”

[26:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or “prosper.”

[26:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “went out and fought.”

[26:6]  ¹² tn Heb “in Ashdod and among the Philistines.”

[26:7]  ¹³ tn The words “in his campaigns” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons

[26:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and his name went to.”