2 Chronicles 26
King James Version · 23 verses · 314 cross-references linking it to 174 other chapters
Explore 2 Chronicles 26 in the interactive map- 1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.18 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 22:1, 2 Kings 15:1–7, 2 Kings 14:21, 1 Chronicles 3:12, 2 Chronicles 33:25
- 2He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.7 cross-references: 2 Kings 14:22, 2 Chronicles 25:23, 2 Chronicles 25:28, 2 Kings 16:6, 2 Chronicles 8:17
- 3Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.8 cross-references: 2 Kings 15:2–3, Amos 1:1, Isaiah 1:1, Zechariah 14:5, Isaiah 6:1
- 4And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did.8 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 25:2
- 5And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper.25 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 24:2, 1 Chronicles 22:13, Daniel 5:16, Daniel 1:17
- 6And 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.18 cross-references: Isaiah 14:29, 1 Samuel 5:6, 2 Chronicles 21:16, 1 Chronicles 18:1, 1 Samuel 5:1
- 7And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur–baal, and the Mehunims.14 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 21:16, 1 Chronicles 5:20, 2 Chronicles 14:11, Acts 26:22, 1 Chronicles 12:18
- 8And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.18 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 17:11, 2 Samuel 8:2, Genesis 19:38, Deuteronomy 2:19, 2 Chronicles 20:1
- 9Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.17 cross-references: Nehemiah 3:13, 2 Kings 14:13, 2 Chronicles 25:23, Jeremiah 31:38, Nehemiah 2:13
- 10Also 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.22 cross-references: Genesis 26:18–21, Isaiah 29:17, 2 Kings 19:23, 2 Kings 3:4, 1 Chronicles 27:26–31
- 11Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.4 cross-references: 2 Kings 5:2
- 12The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
- 13And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.9 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 25:5, 2 Chronicles 17:14–19, 2 Chronicles 11:1, 2 Chronicles 13:3, 2 Chronicles 14:8
- 14And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.8 cross-references: 1 Samuel 17:49, Judges 20:16
- 15And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.7 cross-references: Matthew 4:24, Exodus 31:4, 2 Chronicles 2:14, 2 Chronicles 2:7
- 16But 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.45 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 32:25, 2 Chronicles 25:19, Proverbs 16:18, Habakkuk 2:4, Deuteronomy 8:14
- 17And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord, that were valiant men:7 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 6:10, 1 Chronicles 26:6, 1 Chronicles 12:28
- 18And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the Lord God.28 cross-references: Exodus 30:7–8, Numbers 18:7, Jeremiah 13:18, Hebrews 5:4, 2 Chronicles 19:2
- 19Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar.13 cross-references: Numbers 12:10, 2 Kings 5:25–27, 2 Chronicles 16:10, 2 Chronicles 25:16
- 20And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the Lord had smitten him.9 cross-references: Esther 6:12, Deuteronomy 28:22, Deuteronomy 28:35, Leviticus 14:34
- 21And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.8 cross-references: Leviticus 13:46, Numbers 5:2–3, 2 Kings 7:3, Numbers 12:15, 2 Kings 15:5–7
- 22Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.9 cross-references: Isaiah 1:1, Isaiah 6:1, 2 Chronicles 9:29, 2 Chronicles 12:15
- 23So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.12 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 28:27, Isaiah 6:1, 2 Kings 15:6–7, 2 Chronicles 33:20
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People in 2 Chronicles 26
Uzziah, God, Amaziah, Azariah, Jotham, Jecoliah, Zechariah, Jeiel, Maaseiah, Hananiah, Aaron, Isaiah, Amoz
Places in 2 Chronicles 26
Jerusalem, Eloth, Ashdod, Gath, Jabneh, Gurbaal, Egypt, Corner Gate, Angle, Shephelah
Hard questions about 2 Chronicles 26
- Why does Matthew’s genealogy leave out some kings?
- Was Ahaz buried with his fathers, or outside the tombs of the kings?