25 And Amaziah the ſon of Joafh king of Judah, li- ved after the death of Joaſh ſon of Jehoahaz king of 1{- rael, fifreen years.
26 Now the reſt of the ads of Amaziah, firſt and laſt: behol1, are they not written in the book of the kings of jndah and Iſrael ?
27 Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away , .. my + from following the LORD, they + made a conſpi- Yor 7
racy againſt him in Jeruſalem, and he fled to Lachiſh :+ Heb, but they ſentto Lechiſh after him, and flew him there. conſpired « 28 And they brought him upon horſes, arid buried 72/59 him with hisfathers in the city of || Judab. wy _ f CHAP. : XXVI, David, as Urziah is made king ; reigneth well in the days of Zechariah, and proſpe- 2 Kings
It 1s, reth, 1 « 15. He invadeth the Prieft*s office 3, is ſmitten with 4 14. 20. ; leprofie, 16 —=21. He dieth, and Jotham ſucceeded him, 22, 23.
Tx all the people of Judah took * || Uzziah 4,s , x. {pe OI gs who wes ſixteen years old, and made him king ,, a;. & in the room of his father Amaziah. | EY nn a Called alſo Azariah, 2 Kings 14+ 21. both Names ſignifying | Or Azge the ſame thing; God's Strength, or He!p. See of this and v. 2, 3 #3
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that the king ſlept with his fathers.
3 Sixteen years old as Uzziah, when he began to reizn, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jeru alem: his mothers name alſo was Jecoliah of Jeruſalem.
4 And he did thet which was right in the ſight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did 5. | 6 To wit, for a Time, but not perfe&ly nor conſtantly, which | was Amaziah's Caſe alſo.
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| 5 And he ſought God « in the days of Zechariah d, H:b.in who had underſtanding e + in the viſions of God f : far and as long as he ſought the LORD, God made him | to proſper.
ci. e. He perſiſted in the True Religion and Worſhip of God. d As long as he lived. Compare ch» 24. 2, e Who was a very know- ing and experienced Perſon, Or, who made him underfanding ; Or, who infiructed him; who was his Tutor and Teacher, and had great Authority and Influence upon him; and ſo reſtrained him from thoſe Exorbitancies to which he was otherwiſe inclined. f Either 3. In Prophetical Viſions, which he either recerved from God hin; » ſelf; or underſtood and explained the Prophertical Viſions of others, which was a ſpecial Gift of God + Of which ſee Gen. 41+ 15. Dan. I. 17. & 2+ 19. Or, 2. In the Law and Word of God, which ſome-
times cometh under that Name, as Prov. 29- 18. & Iſae 22. 1,5.
6 And he went forth and * warred againſt the Phi- liſtins, and brake down the wall of Gath g and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Aſhdod, and built ci- ties || about Aſhdod, and among the Philiſtins.
g Which had been taken by Hazael in the days of Joafh his Grand- father, 2 Kings 12. 87. but was either relinquithed by him becauſe it lay ſo far from his other Dominions : or retaken by the Phili- ſtins, who had now repaired its Fortifications, and kept it.
7 And God helped him againſt the Philiſtins, and _ the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the
ehunims. | 8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah, and his f Heb, name + ſpread abroad, eve» to the entring in of Egypt, pou. for he ſtrengthened himſelf exceedingly. | 9 Moverover, Uzziah built towers in Jeruſalem, at * Neb. 3. the * corner-gate, and at the valley-gate, and at the x3, 194 turning ef the wall, and || fortified them.
32 To Alf6 he built towers in the deſert h, and || digged on 14 many wells, for he had much cattel, both in the low- | Or, re- Country, and in the plains: husbandmen alſo and vine- paired. dreſſers in the mountains, and in || Carmel ; for he [| Or, «2? Joved + husbandry.
jour mary 8 kh Partly to guard his Cattel from the Inroads and Depredations q DO. Gait which the Arabians were accuſtomed ro make : and partly to give 24% Notice of the Approach of any Enemy, and to give ſome ſtop to their March on that ſide,
1: Moreover, Uzziah had an army of fighting-men, that went out to war by bands #, according to tne number of their account, by the handof Jeiel che ſcribe, and Maaſejah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, "one of the kings captains.
z i. e, Some Bands at onetime and ſome at another, as Occaſion required- See the Notes on 1 Chron. 27. 1, &c- and 2 Chron. '3 14.
12 The whole number of the chief of their farners of the mighty men of vyalour, were two thouſand and ſx hundred.
13 And under their hand was f an army three hun- F Heb. the dred thouſand and ſeven thouſand and five hundred, [power of an that made war with mighty power, to help the king (99% againſt the enemy. |
14 And UZzziah- prepared for them throughout all the hoſt, ſhields and ſpears, and helmets, and haber- eb. geons, and bows, and ſlings to caſt ſtones.
15 And he made in Jeruſalem engines invented by cunning men, to be on the towers, and upon the bul- | warks, to ſhoot arrows and great ſtones withal: and A his name Þ ſpread far abroad, for he was marvellouſly {+ Heb. helped till he was ſtrong. | | vent forth. 16 But when he was ſtrong &, his heart was lifted up | to his deftruction: for he rated againſt ths LORD | his Gods. and went into the temple of the LORD® , to [ burn incenſe upon the altar of incenfe.
k When he was ſtrengthened in his Kingdom, and free from the fear of any Enemy» * Into the Holy place, where the Altar of In- cenſe ſtood, and into which none but the Prieſts might enter, much
21s offer incenſe. F 17 And Azariah the prieſt went in after him, and
with him fourſcore prieſts of the LORD, that were
valiant men 3 | 18 And they withſtood Uzziah/ the king, and faid | *Num. £ unto him, 1: * appertainerb not unto thee Uzziah, to burn
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Infamy upon thee for this preſumption. But this they expreſs mo« deſtly, and.by a figure called Meiofis, where mo;e is meant than ig expreſſed, becauſe they conſidered that heto whom they ſpake though an Offender, was their Lord and Soveraign- :