He applied himself to the worship of God during the time of Zechariah, instructor in the visionsavisions Some Heb. mss. read byrʼt; compare ancient versions, “fear.” of God; during the time he worshiped the ETERNAL, God made him prosper.
He went forth to fight the Philistines, and breached the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod; he built towns in [the region of] Ashdod and among the Philistines.
He built towers in the wilderness and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle, and farmers in the foothills and on the plain, and vine dressers in the mountains and on the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.
Uzziah had an army of warriors, a battle-ready force who were mustered by Jeiel the scribe and Maasseiah the adjutant under Hananiah, one of the king’s officers.
He made clever devices in Jerusalem, set on the towers and the corners, for shooting arrows and large stones. His fame spread far, for he was helped wonderfully, and he became strong.
When he was strong, he grew so arrogant he acted corruptly: he trespassed against his God by entering the Temple of GOD to offer incense on the incense altar.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וכחזקתו
547
גבה
10
לבו
38
עדלהשחית
827
וימעל
156
ביהוה
28
אלהיו
52
ויבא
19
אלהיכל
96
יהוה
26
להקטיר
354
עלמזבח
157
הקטרת
714
II Chronicles 26:17
Gematria: 1481
ויבאאחריועזריהוהכהןועמוכהניםליהוהשמוניםבניחיל
The priest Azariah, with eighty other brave priests of GOD, followed him in
and, confronting King Uzziah, said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to offer incense to GOD, but for the Aaronite priests, who have been consecrated, to offer incense. Get out of the Sanctuary, for you have trespassed; there will be no glory in it for you from the ETERNAL God.”
Uzziah, holding the censer and ready to burn incense, got angry; but as he got angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead in front of the priests in the House of GOD beside the incense altar.
When the chief priest Azariah and all the other priests looked at him, his forehead was leprous, so they rushed him out of there; he too made haste to get out, for GOD had struck him with a plague.
King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolated quartersbisolated quarters Meaning of Heb. uncertain. as a leper, for he was cut off from the House of GOD—while Jotham his son was in charge of the king’s house and governed the people of the land.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויהי
31
עזיהו
98
המלך
95
מצרע
400
עדיום
130
מותו
452
וישב
318
בית
412
החפשות
799
החפשית
803
מצרע
400
כי
30
נגזר
260
מבית
452
יהוה
26
ויותם
462
בנו
58
עלבית
512
המלך
95
שופט
395
אתעם
511
הארץ
296
II Chronicles 26:22
Gematria: 2936
ויתרדבריעזיהוהראשניםוהאחרניםכתבישעיהובןאמוץהנביא
The other events of Uzziah’s reign, early and late, were recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.