2 Chronicles 26:2

2 Chronicles 26:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
• New International Version (NIV)He was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his ancestors.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He built Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers.

Context of 2 Chronicles 26:2

1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after the king [Amaziah] slept with his fathers [in death]. 3Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem. 4He did right in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that his father Amaziah had done.

2 Chronicles 26:2 word by word

ה֚וּא בָּנָ֣ה אֶת־אֵיל֔וֹת וַיְשִׁיבֶ֖הָ לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה אַחֲרֵ֥י שְׁכַֽב־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עִם־אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• Elothאֵילוֹת'êylôth 'êylath · ElothH359
• and restoredשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
• it to Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• that the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• sleptשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: be deadH7901
• with his fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 26:2

• 2 Chronicles 8:17Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the shore of the [Red] Sea in the land of Edom.
• 2 Kings 14:22He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king [his father Amaziah] slept with his fathers [in death].
• 2 Kings 16:6At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath [in Edom] for Aram, and drove the Jews away from it. The Arameans came to Elath, and live there to this day.
• 2 Chronicles 25:23Then Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz (Ahaziah), at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, 400 cubits.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 26:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2He built Eloth - See the notes on 2 Kings 14:21. This king is called by several different names; see the note on 2 Kings 15:1.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5The Chronicler introduced Uzziah, also known as Azariah in Kings, twice (2 Chronicles 26:1–2, 3–5). He quoted two passages from Kings (2 Kings 14:21–22; 15:2–3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. He built Eloth--or, "He it was who built Eloth." The account of the fortifications of this port on the Red Sea, which Uzziah restored to the kingdom of Judah (2Ch 33:13), is placed before the chronological notices (2Ch 26:3), either on account of the importance attached to the conquest of Eloth, or from the desire of the historian to introduce Uzziah as the king, who was known as the conqueror of Eloth. Besides, it indicates that the conquest occurred…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 26:2

• Elath
• Uzziah

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Cast
• Fighting
• Mighty
• Judah, Kingdom of
• Uzziah; (azariah)
• Zabad

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings