2 Chronicles 26:16 BSB

2 Chronicles 26:16

But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

BSB

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ASV

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Jehovah his God; for he went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

KJV

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

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Commentary

4 voices

Cyprian

Treatise I. On the Unity of the Church 18 (258)

When King Uzziah carried a censer and violently took on himself to sacrifice, against the law of God, and refused to submit or give place, despite the opposition of Azariah the priest, he was confounded by God's indignation and defiled with the markings of leprosy on his forehead, branded by the Lord's anger on that part of the body on which those who win the Lord's favor are sealed.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

None of all his predecessors, not the best, not the worst, attempted it. The law, he knew, was express against him, and there was no usage or precedent for him. He could not pretend any necessity, as there was for David's eating the show-bread.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But we find not Uzziah charged with any of these; and yet he transgressed against the Lord his God, and fell under the marks of his displeasure in consequence, not, as other kings, in vexatious wars or rebellions, but an incurable disease. His sin was invading the priest's office. The good way is one; by-paths are many.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He transgressed against the Lord - “He sinned against the Word of the Lord his God.” - T. Went into the temple to burn incense - Thus assuming to himself the priest’s office. See this whole transaction explained in the notes on 2Ki 15:5 (note).

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּכְחֶזְקָת֗וֹ	u.khe.chez.ka.To	and according to strengthening his	H2393 →
גָּבַ֤הּ	ga.Vah	it was haughty	H1361 →
לִבּוֹ֙	li.Bo	heart his	H3820 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
לְהַשְׁחִ֔ית	le.hash.Chit	<to> behaved corruptly	H7843 →
וַיִּמְעַ֖ל	vai.yim.'Al	and he acted unfaithfully	H4603 →
בַּיהוָ֣ה	ba.Yah.weh	against Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהָ֑יו	'e.lo.Hav	God his	H430 →
וַיָּבֹא֙	vai.ya.Vo'	and he went	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
הֵיכַ֣ל	hei.Khal	[the] temple of	H1964 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לְהַקְטִ֖יר	le.hak.Tir	to make smoke	H6999 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
מִזְבַּ֥ח	miz.Bach	[the] altar of	H4196 →
הַקְּטֹֽרֶת׃	ha.ke.To.ret	<the> incense	H7004 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Habakkuk 2:4
Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
leads to
- Romans 1:17
  For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
- Hebrews 10:38
  But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
- Galatians 3:11–12
  Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
- Galatians 2:16
  know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in…
Through
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
leads to
- Proverbs 11:2
  When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
- Isaiah 2:11–12
  The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Proverbs 18:12
  Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- Obadiah 1:3–4
  The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

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