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2 Chronicles 26:6

in 2 Chronicles 26

Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

KJV

And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 26

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

went forth and warred against the Philistines

on 2 Chronicles 26:6-8

The Philistine campaign, the Arabian war at Gur-baal, and the Ammonite tribute are unique to Chronicles; Kings names none of them. Uzziah breaks down the walls of Gath, Jabneh and Ashdod and plants cities among the Philistines, pressing further than his father Amaziah had against Edom. His name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt states in one line what the following verses spell out in towers, wells and an army.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And he went forth, and warred against the Philistines,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Uzziah’s expedition was the natural sequel to the Edomite war of Amaziah 2Ch 25:11, which crushed the most formidable of all the tribes of the south. On Jabneh see Jos 15:11 note; and on Ashdod see Jos 13:3 note.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיֵּצֵא֙and he went out

    vaiyetze'H33181067 times

  • וַיִּלָּ֣חֶםand he fought

    vaiyilachemH3898177 times

  • בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםagainst the Philistines

    bapelishtimH6430287 times

  • וַיִּפְרֹ֞ץand he made a breach in

    vaiyifrotzH655549 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • ח֣וֹמַת[the] wall of

    chomatH2346133 times

  • גַּ֗תGath

    gatH1661

  • וְאֵת֙and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • חוֹמַ֣ת[the] wall of

    chomatH2346133 times

  • יַבְנֵ֔הJabneh

    yavnehH2996

  • וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • חוֹמַ֣ת[the] wall of

    chomatH2346133 times

  • אַשְׁדּ֑וֹדAshdod

    ʾashdodH795

  • וַיִּבְנֶ֣הand he built

    vaiyivnehH1129376 times

  • עָרִ֔יםcities

    ʾarimH58921090 times

  • בְּאַשְׁדּ֖וֹדin Ashdod

    beashdodH795

  • וּבַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃and among the Philistines

    uvapelishtimH6430287 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 14:29

    Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 30:6

      This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of…

    • Isaiah 11:8

      The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.

    • Micah 7:8

      Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 8:1

    Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 18:1–17

      Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 21:16

    Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 17:11

      Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 5:1

    After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 7:12

      Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”

    • 1 Samuel 4:1

      Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 18:1

    Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 8:1–18

      Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).