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All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. See also: Matthew 1:8-92 Chronicles 22:12 Chronicles 33:25He built Eloth and restored it to Judah. After that the king slept with his fathers. See also: 2 Chronicles 25:232 Kings 16:62 Kings 14:22Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem. See also: 2 Kings 15:2-3Amos 1:1Zechariah 14:5He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. See also: 2 Chronicles 25:2He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper. See also: 2 Chronicles 15:22 Chronicles 24:21 Chronicles 22:13He went out and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines. See also: Isaiah 14:292 Chronicles 21:161 Samuel 5:1God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur Baal, and the Meunim. See also: 2 Chronicles 21:16Acts 26:221 Chronicles 5:20The Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah. His name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt, for he grew exceedingly strong. See also: Genesis 19:382 Chronicles 17:112 Samuel 8:2Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them. See also: Nehemiah 3:132 Chronicles 25:232 Kings 14:13He built towers in the wilderness, and dug out many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the lowlands and in the plains. He had farmers and vineyard keepers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields, for he loved farming. See also: Isaiah 29:17Genesis 26:18-212 Kings 3:4Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men who went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains. See also: 2 Kings 5:2The whole number of the heads of fathers’ households, even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand six hundred. Under their hand was an army, three hundred seven thousand five hundred, who made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. See also: 2 Chronicles 14:82 Chronicles 25:52 Chronicles 13:3Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging. See also: Judges 20:161 Samuel 17:49In Jerusalem, he made devices, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad, because he was marvelously helped until he was strong. See also: Matthew 4:24Exodus 31:42 Chronicles 2:14But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly and he trespassed against the LORD his God, for he went into the LORD’s temple to burn incense on the altar of incense. See also: 2 Chronicles 32:25Proverbs 16:18Habakkuk 2:4Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of the LORD, who were valiant men. See also: 1 Chronicles 6:101 Chronicles 12:281 Chronicles 26:6They resisted Uzziah the king, and said to him, “It isn’t for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed. It will not be for your honor from the LORD God.” See also: Exodus 30:7-8Numbers 18:7Hebrews 5:4Then Uzziah was angry. He had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the LORD’s house, beside the altar of incense. See also: Numbers 12:102 Chronicles 25:162 Kings 5:25-27Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead; and they thrust him out quickly from there. Indeed, he himself also hurried to go out, because the LORD had struck him. See also: Leviticus 14:34Esther 6:12Deuteronomy 28:22Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the LORD’s house. Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land. See also: Leviticus 13:462 Kings 15:5-72 Kings 7:3Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, wrote. See also: Isaiah 1:1Isaiah 6:12 Chronicles 9:29So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” Jotham his son reigned in his place. See also: 2 Chronicles 21:202 Chronicles 28:27Isaiah 6:1
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Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
2 Chronicles 26:1
Ver. 1. Ozias, called Azarias (4 K. xiv. 21. C.) improperly. H.
↑ 12 Chronicles 26:2
Ver. 2. Juda, till the reign of Achaz. 4 K. xvi. 6. It had revolted under Joram. C.
↑ 22 Chronicles 26:4
Ver. 4. Done. And was successful, as long as he attended to the high priest.
Num. xxvii. 21. W.
↑ 42 Chronicles 26:5
Ver. 5. God, or who had the gift of intelligence and prophecy from God. Heb.
"who was intelligent in the visions of God." Others have read birath, with the Sept. "in the fear;" or Chal.
&c. "instructing in the fear of the Lord." The Jews childishly understand Zacharias to mean the king himself, in the early part of his reign. Others suppose the priest, who was slain by Joas, is designated. Lyran. --- But this was rather his son (T. Cajet. C.) and successor, as well as a prophet, who had therefore a more perfect knowledge of God; though none can comprehend his being. H.
↑ 52 Chronicles 26:6
Ver. 6. In. Prot. "about Ashdod." Sept. "he built (or repaired) the cities of Azotus," to keep under the Philistines, who had revolted under Joram. C. xxi.
16.
↑ 62 Chronicles 26:7
Ver. 7. Gurbaal. Gerera, (S. Jer. Trad.) or Gebal. Ps. lxxxii. 8. Sept. "the rock," or Petra, in Arabia, where Stephanus places the Gabalenes. --- Ammonites. Heb.
mehunim. Sept. "Mineans,"
(C. xx. 1. H.) upon the Red Sea, (Steph.) or Mediterranean, (Pliny vi. 28,) or in Arabia Felix.
Strabo. M.
↑ 72 Chronicles 26:8
Ver. 8. Gifts. Tribute. C. xxvii. 5. C. --- Victories. Prot. "the strengthened himself exceedingly."
H.
↑ 82 Chronicles 26:9
Ver. 9. Corner. Repairing what Joas had demolished. 4 K. xiv. 13. T.
↑ 92 Chronicles 26:10
Ver. 10. Wilderness, for the protection of shepherds. 4 K. xvii. 9. --- Plains. Heb.
"valleys, and in the plains husbandmen, and vinedressers in the mountains, and in Carmel; for he loved the earth, or husbandry," like David. 1 Par. xvii. 25.
&c. --- Carmel, means, "the vine of God;" as both the mount in Juda, where Nabal resided, and that on the Mediterranean Sea, were famous for wine. Ozias probably cultivated the former mountain. C.
↑ 102 Chronicles 26:11
Ver. 11. Doctor. Heb. shoter. Sept. "judge." Prot. "ruler." H. --- The term is commonly understood of one who executes the sentence of the judge. But this employment does not suit a general, (C.) though such a one might well command. It many denote any "officer." H.
↑ 112 Chronicles 26:15
Ver. 15. Engines. They are here mentioned for the first time. C. --- For the. Heb.
"for he was wonderfully helped till he was established." H. --- He invented may things for the defence of his kingdom. C.
↑ 152 Chronicles 26:17
Ver. 17. Azarias. The prophet, who had hitherto kept the king (H.) within bounds, was now no more, v. 5. T.
↑ 172 Chronicles 26:18
Ver. 18. To thee. For usurping spiritual authority, the king was opposed by the high priest; and God confirmed the sentence of the latter, by striking Ozias with the leprosy; on which account, the was not only cast out of the temple, but also lost his kingdom, being obliged to live apart; (Lev. xiii. 46,) and after death, he could not be buried with his ancestors. W.
↑ 182 Chronicles 26:19
Ver. 19. Forehead. So that it could not be concealed. According to the rigour of the law, such an offender was to be slain. Num. iii. 10. and xviii. 7. The leprosy was considered as equivalent, and is styled destruction, (v. 16,) and death.
Isai. vi. 1. M. See 4 K. xv. 6.
↑ 192 Chronicles 26:22
Ver. 22. Prophet. Yet we find little concerning him in the prophecy of Isaias; so that the work has been lost, except what Esdras hath preserved. C.
↑ 222 Chronicles 26:23
Ver. 23. Leper. So much was the disease abhorred, (C.) as well as the king's late conduct. H.
↑ 23License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses