2 Chronicles 26:2
in 2 Chronicles 26Uzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
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ASV
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
KJV
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 26
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Besides, it indicates that the conquest occurred in the early part of his reign, that it was important as a port, and that Hebrew merchants maintained the old trade between it and the countries of the East [BERTHEAU].
This site's exposition
made him king in the room of his father Amaziah
on 2 Chronicles 26:1-3
Judah crowns a king of sixteen and Chronicles calls him Uzziah throughout, the form the prophets use, where Kings prefers Azariah at 2 Ki 14:21. The parallel account at 2 Ki 15:1-7 gives this reign seven verses; Chronicles gives it twenty-three, adding the military buildup, the husbandry, and the full scene at the incense altar that Kings only reports as a stroke. Jecoliah of Jerusalem names his mother, one of the small notices Chronicles keeps and Kings drops.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
He built Eloth - See the notes on 2Ki 14:21. This king is called by several different names; see the note on 2Ki 15:1.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ה֚וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| בָּנָ֣ה | banah | he built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֵיל֔וֹת | ʾeilot | Elath | H359 → | |
| וַיְשִׁיבֶ֖הָ | vayshiveha | and he restored it | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה | lihudah | to Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| אַחֲרֵ֥י | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| שְׁכַֽב־ | shekhav- | lay down | H7901 → | 212 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ פ | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
ה֚וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
בָּנָ֣הhe built
banahH1129 →376 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֵיל֔וֹתElath
ʾeilotH359 →
וַיְשִׁיבֶ֖הָand he restored it
vayshivehaH7725 →1056 times
לִֽיהוּדָ֑הto Judah
lihudahH3063 →819 times
אַחֲרֵ֥יafter
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
שְׁכַֽב־lay down
shekhav-H7901 →212 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ פancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 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
2 Kings 16:6At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 2:8
So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 14:22
Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 2:8
Through
2 Kings 14:22Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 9:26
King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 16:6
At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.
- 1 Kings 9:26
Through
2 Chronicles 25:23There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from…
it leads to
- Nehemiah 8:16
And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the court of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate…
- 2 Chronicles 21:17
So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except…
- 2 Chronicles 26:9
Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
- 2 Chronicles 22:1
Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons.…
- Nehemiah 8:16
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Chronicles

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PersonDivided kingdom (c. 792-740 BC)UzziahJudah's powerful king (2 Chr 26), struck with leprosy for usurping the priesthood; the year of his death frames Isaiah's throne vi…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.
