2 Chronicles 26:14-23
slingstones <07050> [slings to cast stone. Heb. stones of slings.]
carefully <02803> [cunning men.]
shoot <03384 02671> [to shoot arrows.]
These engines, it is probable, bore some resemblance to the {balist‘} and {catapult‘} of the Romans, which were employed for throwing stones and arrows, and were in reality the mortars and carcasses of antiquity. With respect to the towers which Uzziah built in the wilderness, (ver. 10,) Mr. Harmer appears to have given a truer view of the subject than commentators in general have done, who suppose that they were conveniences made only for sheltering the shepherds from bad weather, or to defend them from incursions of enemies; for they might rather be designed to keep the nations that pastured there in awe, and also to induce them quietly to pay the tribute to which the 8th verse seems to refer. William of Tyre describes a country not far from the Euphrates as inhabited by Syrian and Armenian Christians, who fed great flocks and herds there, but were kept in subjection to the Turks, in consequence of their living among them in strong places.
<03318 07350> [spread far. Heb. went forth.]
powerful <02393> [when he was.]
entered .... temple <0935 01964> [went into.]
incense <06999> [to burn.]
Azariah <05838> [Azariah.]
brave <01121 02428> [valiant men.]
confronted ... Uzziah ............ Uzziah <05818 05975> [withstood Uzziah.]
Uzziah ............ Uzziah <05818> [not unto thee.]
priests <03548> [to the priests.]
Leave <03318> [go out.]
honor <03519> [neither shall it be.]
angry ..... ranting and raving <02196> [he.]
appeared <02224> [even.]
[hated also.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Uzziah <05818> [A.M. 3239-3246. B.C. 765-758. Uzziah.]
lived <03427> [dwelt.]
separate <02669> [several. Heb. free.]
start <07223> [first.]
Isaiah <03470> [Isaiah.]
passed away <07901> [A.M. 3246. B.C. 758. slept.]
passed away .... buried .... ancestors <06912 01> [they buried him.]
