2 Chronicles 26:5

2 Chronicles 26:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And 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.
• New International Version (NIV)He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God, and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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 prosper.

Context of 2 Chronicles 26:5

3Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem. 4He did what was right in the Lord’s sight just as his father Amaziah had done. He sought God throughout the lifetime of Zechariah, the teacher of the fear of God. During the time that he sought the Lord, God gave him success. 6Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod. Then he built cities in the vicinity of Ashdod and among the Philistines. 7God helped him against the Philistines, the Arabs that live in Gur-baal, and the Meunites.

2 Chronicles 26:5 word by word

וַיְהִי֙ לִדְרֹ֣שׁ אֱלֹהִ֔ים בִּימֵ֣י זְכַרְיָ֔הוּ הַמֵּבִ֖ין בִּרְאֹ֣ת הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וּבִימֵי֙ דָּרְשׁ֣וֹ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה הִצְלִיח֖וֹ הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he soughtדָּרַשׁdârash · to seekH1875
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• in the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of Zechariahזְכַרְיָהוּzekaryâh zekaryâhû · ZechariahH2148
• who had understandingבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• in the visionsרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seerH7200
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• made him to prosperצָלֵחַtsâlach tsâlêach · to prosperH6743

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 26:5

• 2 Chronicles 24:2Throughout the time of the priest Jehoiada, Joash did what was right in the Lord’s sight.
• Judges 2:7The people worshiped the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and during the lifetimes of the elders who outlived Joshua. They had seen all the Lord’s great works he had done for Israel.
• Hosea 6:4What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist and like the early dew that vanishes.
• Mark 4:16And others are like seed sown on rocky ground. When they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.
• Acts 20:30Men will rise up even from your own number and distort the truth to lure the disciples into following them.
• Genesis 41:15Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said about you that you can hear a dream and interpret it.”
• Daniel 1:17God gave these four young men knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. Daniel also understood visions and dreams of every kind.
• Daniel 2:19The mystery was then revealed to Daniel in a vision at night, and Daniel praised the God of the heavens
• Daniel 5:16However, I have heard about you that you can give interpretations and solve problems. Therefore, if you can read this inscription and give me its interpretation, you will be clothed in purple, have a gold chain around your neck, and have the third highest position in the kingdom.”
• Daniel 10:1In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar. The message was true and was about a great conflict. He understood the message and had understanding of the vision.
• 2 Chronicles 15:2So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Asa and all Judah and Benjamin, hear me. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
• 2 Chronicles 25:8But if you go with them, do it! Be strong for battle! But God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to make one stumble.”
• 1 Chronicles 22:11“Now, my son, may the Lord be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the Lord your God, as he said about you.
• Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams that bears its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 26:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5In the days of Zechariah - Who this was we know not, but by the character that is given of him here. He was wise in the visions of God - in giving the true interpretation of Divine prophecies. He was probably the tutor of Uzziah.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Who had understanding in the visions of God - Another reading, supported by the Septuagint, and some ancient versions, is: “who instructed him in the fear of God.”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. 55. he sought God in the days of Zechariah--a wise and pious counsellor, who was skilled in understanding the meaning and lessons of the ancient prophecies, and who wielded a salutary influence over Uzziah.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 26:5

• Blessing
• Contingencies
• Obedience
• Prophets
• Seekers
• Uzziah
• Vision
• Zechariah (Zecharias)

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Cast
• Fighting
• Mighty
• Uzziah
• Zechariah
• Chronicles, Books of
• Judah, Kingdom of
• Uzziah; (azariah)

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