2 Chronicles 26:10
in 2 Chronicles 26Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.
KJV
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 26
Commentary
6 notes on this verseBuilt towers in the desert - For the defense of his flocks, and his shepherds and husbandmen. And in Carmel - Calmet remarks that there were two Carmels in Judea: one in the tribe of Judah, where Nabal lived, and the other on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near to Kishon; and both fertile in vines. He loved husbandry - This is a perfection in a king: on husbandry every state depends.
This site's exposition
at the corner gate, and at the valley gate
on 2 Chronicles 26:9-10
The building notice is Chronicles' own: towers at the corner gate, the valley gate and the turning of the wall, matched by towers in the desert and wells dug for cattle in the low country and the plains. For he loved husbandry closes the verse, a personal note about a king that no other book of the Bible preserves. Vine dressers in the mountains and in Carmel round out a reign given to building and farming as much as to war.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), and probably did himself inspect his affairs in the country, which was no disparagement to him, but an advantage, as it encouraged industry among his subjects. It is an honour to the husbandman's calling that one of the most illustrious princes of the house of David followed it and loved it.
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Also he built towers in the desert,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Jos 20:8). in Carmel--This mountain, being within the boundary of Israel, did not belong to Uzziah; and as it is here placed in opposition to the vine-bearing mountains, it is probably used, not as a proper name, but to signify, as the word denotes, "fruitful fields" (Margin).
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
He built towers in the desert - Refuges for the flocks and the herdsmen in the wild pasture country on the borders of the holy land, especially toward the south and southeast. Wells - The marginal translation is preferable. Judaea depends largely for its water-supply on reservoirs in which the rain-fall is stored. These are generally cut in the natural rock, and covered at top. For he had much cattle ... - Some prefer, “for he had much cattle there, and in the low country, and on the dawns,” with allusion to three pasture districts: (1) The “wilderness,” or high tract to the south and southeast, extending from the western shores of the Dead Sea to the vicinity of Beersheba; (2) The “low country,” or maritime plain on the west, between the hills of Judaea and the sea; and (3) The “downs,” or rich grazing land beyond the Jordan, on the plateau of Gilead. Uzziah’s possession of this last-named district must have been connected with the submission of the Ammonites (see 2Ch 26:8). In the mountains, and in Carmel - These terms describe Judaea Proper - the hilly tract between the low maritime plain on the one side, and the wilderness and Jordan valley on the other. By “Carmel” we must understand, not the mountain of that name, which belonged to Samaria, but the cultivated portions of the Judaean hill-tract (see the margin).
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּ֨בֶן | vaiyiven | and he built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| מִגְדָּלִ֜ים | migdalim | towers | H4026 → | 48 times |
| בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר | bamidbar | in the wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
| וַיַּחְצֹב֙ | vaiyachtzo | and he dug | H2672 → | 25 times |
| בֹּר֣וֹת | borot | wells | H953 → | |
| רַבִּ֔ים | rabim | many | H7227 → | 454 times |
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מִקְנֶה־ | mikneh- | livestock | H4735 → | 76 times |
| רַּב֙ | rav | much | H7227 → | 454 times |
| הָ֣יָה | hayah | it belonged | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| ל֔וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה | uvashefelah | and in the Shephelah | H8219 → | 20 times |
| וּבַמִּישׁ֑וֹר | uvamishor | and in the plain | H4334 → | |
| אִכָּרִ֣ים | ʾikarim | farmers | H406 → | |
| וְכֹֽרְמִ֗ים | vekhoremim | and vinedressers | H3755 → | |
| בֶּהָרִים֙ | beharim | in the mountains | H2022 → | 546 times |
| וּבַכַּרְמֶ֔ל | uvakarmel | and in the orchards | H3759 → | |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֹהֵ֥ב | ʾohev | loving | H157 → | 211 times |
| אֲדָמָ֖ה | ʾadamah | [the] ground | H127 → | 225 times |
| הָיָֽה׃ ס | hayah | he was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
וַיִּ֨בֶןand he built
vaiyivenH1129 →376 times
מִגְדָּלִ֜יםtowers
migdalimH4026 →48 times
בַּמִּדְבָּ֗רin the wilderness
bamidbarH4057 →270 times
וַיַּחְצֹב֙and he dug
vaiyachtzoH2672 →25 times
בֹּר֣וֹתwells
borotH953 →
רַבִּ֔יםmany
rabimH7227 →454 times
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
מִקְנֶה־livestock
mikneh-H4735 →76 times
רַּב֙much
ravH7227 →454 times
הָ֣יָהit belonged
hayahH1961 →3559 times
ל֔וֹto <the> him
lo
וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֖הand in the Shephelah
uvashefelahH8219 →20 times
וּבַמִּישׁ֑וֹרand in the plain
uvamishorH4334 →
אִכָּרִ֣יםfarmers
ʾikarimH406 →
וְכֹֽרְמִ֗יםand vinedressers
vekhoremimH3755 →
בֶּהָרִים֙in the mountains
beharimH2022 →546 times
וּבַכַּרְמֶ֔לand in the orchards
uvakarmelH3759 →
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֹהֵ֥בloving
ʾohevH157 →211 times
אֲדָמָ֖ה[the] ground
ʾadamahH127 →225 times
הָיָֽה׃ סhe was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 29:17In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
it leads to
- Isaiah 32:15
until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
- Matthew 19:30
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
- Hebrews 10:37
For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
- Isaiah 32:15
Through
2 Kings 19:23Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut…
it leads to
- Psalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
- 2 Kings 18:17
Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by…
- Isaiah 10:18
The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.
- Psalms 20:7
Through
2 Kings 3:4Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
it leads to
- Genesis 26:13–14
and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.
- 2 Samuel 8:2
David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one…
- Genesis 26:13–14
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About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. H. Bennett, The Books of Chronicles (Expositor's Bible).