2 Chronicles 26:10

Contextual Overview

¹ Then all the people of Iudah tooke Vzziah, which was sixteene yeere olde, and made him King in the steade of his father Amaziah. ¹All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. ¹ All the people of Yehudah took `Uzziyah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amatzyah. ¹ Then the people of Judah chose Uzziah to be the new king in place of Amaziah. Amaziah was Uzziah's father. Uzziah was 16 years old when he became king. ¹ And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. ¹Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. ¹ And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. ¹After the death of King Amaziah, the people of Judah crowned his son Uzziah king, even though he was only sixteen at the time. Uzziah ruled fifty-two years from Jerusalem, the hometown of his mother Jecoliah. During his rule, he recaptured and rebuilt the town of Elath. ¹ Meanwhile, all the people of Y'hudah had taken ‘Uziyahu at the age of sixteen and made him king in place of his father Amatzyahu. ¹ And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

digged many wells: or, cut out many cisterns, Genesis 26:18-21

he had much: 2 Kings 3:4, 1 Chronicles 27:26-31

Carmel: or, fruitful fields, 2 Kings 19:23, Isaiah 29:17

husbandry: Heb. ground

Reciprocal: Genesis 47:6 - rulers Joshua 15:55 - Maon 1 Samuel 8:11 - He will take 1 Samuel 21:7 - herdmen 2 Samuel 13:23 - sheepshearers 2 Kings 18:8 - from the tower 1 Chronicles 27:25 - the storehouses 2 Chronicles 17:13 - much business 2 Chronicles 26:15 - to shoot arrows 2 Chronicles 27:4 - he built cities 2 Chronicles 32:28 - Storehouses 2 Chronicles 32:29 - possessions Job 1:3 - household Proverbs 27:23 - diligent Ecclesiastes 2:4 - I planted Ecclesiastes 2:7 - also Hosea 8:14 - and Judah

Cross-References

Genesis 26:9
Then Abimelech called Izhak, and sayde, Loe, shee is of a suertie thy wife, and why saydest thou, She is my sister? To whom Izhak answered, Because I thought this, It may be that I shall dye for her.

Genesis 26:9
So Abimeleck called Isaac, and said, Behold, she is your wife; how then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I may die on account of her.

Genesis 26:9
Avimelekh called Yitzchak, and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister?'" Yitzchak said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die because of her.'"

Genesis 26:9
Abimelech called for Isaac and said, "This woman is your wife. Why did you tell us that she was your sister?" Isaac said to him, "I was afraid that you would kill me so that you could have her."

Genesis 26:9
So Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Behold, she is your wife. How then could you say, ‘She is my sister'?" Isaac said to him, "Because I thought, ‘Lest I die because of her.'"

Genesis 26:9
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her.

Genesis 26:9
And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.

Genesis 26:9
Abimelech called him in and said, "Rebekah must be your wife! Why did you say she is your sister?" "Because I thought someone would kill me," Isaac answered.

Genesis 26:9
Avimelekh summoned Yitz'chak and said, "So she is your wife, after all! How come you said, ‘She is my sister'?" Yitz'chak responded, "Because I thought, ‘I could get killed because of her.'"

Genesis 26:9
Then Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, she is certainly thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die on account of her.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Also he built towers in the desert,.... In the desert of Arabia, to protect travellers from thieves and robbers, and particularly shepherds and their flocks, as appears by what follows; which a certain writer p thinks are the same which the Indians call pagodas; not such as served for temples, but were buildings encompassed with good walls, where flocks were gathered together in case of any alarm:

and digged many wells; for the watering of the flocks, which in those hot and desert places were of great use:

for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plains; both flocks and herds:

husbandmen also, and vinedressers in the mountains; husbandmen to take care of the corn, and manure the land for that, and gather it when ripe; and vinedressers to prune the vines, and look after them; which were very often planted on mountains, and on which also corn grew, Psalms 72:16

and in Carmel; a place in the tribe of Judah, where Nabal dwelt, 1 Samuel 25:2 or it may be put for any fruitful field:

for he loved husbandry; not only the profit, but the exercise of it at times; and it was usual with great personages in the eastern countries to employ themselves in some such way; Saul after he was king attended the herd, 1 Samuel 11:5, Mesha king of Moab was a sheep master, 2 Kings 3:4, among the Romans, Quinctius Cincinnatus and Cato Major q were great lovers of husbandry; and we read of one of the Chinese emperors that gave himself to husbandry, held the plough himself, broke the clods, and cast in the seed, to set an example to the whole empire r. Another of their emperors gave himself wholly to husbandry s; an other chose an husbandman for his successor, and who also encouraged husbandry t.

p Agreement of Customs between the East Indians and Jews, art. 13. p. 61. q In Cicero de Senectute. r Martin. Sinic. Hist. l. 8. p. 326. s Ib. l. 4. p. 92. t Ib. l. 1. p. 29, 32.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 2 Chronicles 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).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 26:10. Built towers in the desert — For the defence 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. Let their trade or commerce be what they may, there can be no true national prosperity if agriculture do not prosper; for the king himself is served by the field. When, therefore, the king of a country encourages agriculture, an emulation is excited among his subjects; the science is cultivated; and the earth yields its proper increase; then, should trade and commerce fail, the people cannot be reduced to wretchedness, because there is plenty of bread.