2Ch 26:6-21 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Chr 26:6-8: 26:6-8 These verses summarize Uzziah’s international achievements. His conquests were to the west, south, and southeast, but not to the north, where Jeroboam II’s kingdom was powerful (2 Kgs 14:23-29 ). Uzziah’s strategy, with God’s guidance (2 Chr 26:7 ), was to achieve control over the coastal highway and then build towns in the conquered territory.

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b2 Kgs 14:23-29►

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eAmos 1:1►

fZech 14:5►

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iExod 30:7-9►

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‏ 2 Chronicles 26:6-21

Summary for 2Chr 26:6-8: 26:6-8 ^a These verses summarize Uzziah’s international achievements. His conquests were to the west, south, and southeast, but not to the north, where Jeroboam II’s kingdom was powerful (2 Kgs 14:23-29 ^b). Uzziah’s strategy, with God’s guidance (2 Chr 26:7 ^c), was to achieve control over the coastal highway and then build towns in the conquered territory.
Summary for 2Chr 26:9-10: 26:9-10 ^d Uzziah repaired damage done to Jerusalem’s walls by Jehoash in his campaign against Amaziah; Uzziah might also have repaired damage from the famous earthquake during his time (Amos 1:1 ^e; Zech 14:5 ^f). Towers and cisterns from excavations in Qumran, Gibeah, Beersheba, and other sites date to this period.

• Uzziah was a patron of agriculture, a vital industry for an independent society.
Summary for 2Chr 26:11-14: 26:11-14 ^g Uzziah’s large and well-equipped army enabled him to expand and defend his territory. His name has been found on a fragmentary text of Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria, identifying Uzziah as head of a coalition.
Summary for 2Chr 26:16-18: 26:16-18 ^h Uzziah’s leprosy was a judgment on the covenant violation of burning incense within the Temple, an activity reserved exclusively for priests (Exod 30:7-9 ⁱ; Num 16 ^j).
26:21 ^k The leprosy forced King Uzziah to spend the end of his life in quarantine in a separate house (literally a free house). The significance of this term is not known; it is often interpreted to mean that he was free from the duties of the monarchy. In Ugaritic texts, it seems to be a euphemism for a place of total confinement.