2 Chronicles 26:16

2 Chronicles 26:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But 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.
• New International Version (NIV)But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God, and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the Lord his God by entering the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

Context of 2 Chronicles 26:16

14Uzziah supplied shields, spears, helmets, breastplates, bows, and slingstones for the entire army. 15In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful. But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. He disobeyed the Lord his God. He entered the Lord’s temple to offer incense on the incense altar. 17Azariah the priest and eighty other brave priests of the Lord followed him in. 18They confronted King Uzziah and said to him, “It is not proper for you, Uzziah, to offer incense to the Lord. That is the responsibility of the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who are consecrated to offer incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have disobeyed and the Lord God will not honor you!”

2 Chronicles 26:16 word by word

וּכְחֶזְקָת֗וֹ גָּבַ֤הּ לִבּוֹ֙ עַד־לְהַשְׁחִ֔ית וַיִּמְעַ֖ל בַּיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑יו וַיָּבֹא֙ אֶל־הֵיכַ֣ל יְהוָ֔ה לְהַקְטִ֖יר עַל־מִזְבַּ֥ח הַקְּטֹֽרֶת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But when he was strongחֶזְקָהchezqâh · strengthH2393
• his heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• was lifted upגָּבַהּgâbahh · be highH1361
• destructionשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• for he transgressedמָעַלmâ‛al · be unfaithfulH4603
• against the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• his Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and wentבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into the templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · templeH1964
• to burn incenseקָטַרqâţar · to offer: burnH6999
• upon the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• of incenseקְטֹ֫רֶתqeţôreth · incenseH7004

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 26:16

• 2 Chronicles 25:19You defeated Edom and it has gone to your head. Gloat over your success, but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?”
• 2 Chronicles 32:25But Hezekiah was ungrateful; he had a proud attitude, provoking God to be angry at him, as well as Judah and Jerusalem.
• Deuteronomy 8:14be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,
• Deuteronomy 32:13He enabled him to travel over the high terrain of the land, and he ate of the produce of the fields. He provided honey for him from the cliffs, and olive oil from the hardest of rocks,
• Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
• Habakkuk 2:4Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.
• Colossians 2:18Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.
• 2 Kings 16:12When the king arrived back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and offered a sacrifice on it.
• Numbers 16:1Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, who were Reubenites, took men
• 1 Kings 12:33On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.
• 1 Kings 13:1Just then a prophet from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 26:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16He transgressed against the Lord - "He sinned against the Word of the Lord his God." - T. Went into the temple to burn incense - Thus assuming to himself the priest's office. See this whole transaction explained in the notes on 2 Kings 15:5; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16To his destruction - Rather, “to do wickedly.” Uzziah appears to have deliberately determined to invade the priest‘s office (marginal reference “m”), thus repeating the sin of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram Numbers 16:1-35.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-23Verses 16-23 The transgression of the kings before Uzziah was, forsaking the temple of the Lord, and burning incense upon idolatrous altars. But his transgression was, going into the holy place, and attempting to burn incense upon the altar of God. See how hard it is to avoid one extreme, and not run into another. Pride of heart was at the bottom of his sin; a lust that ruins many. Instead of lifting up the name God in gratitude to him who had done so…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-18Uzziah's leprosy was a punishment for breaking the covenant by burning incense in the temple. Only priests could do this (Exodus 30:7–9; Numbers 16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2116-21. he transgressed against the Lord, &c.--(See on 2Ki 15:5). This daring and wicked act is in both records traced to the intoxicating influence of overweening pride and vanity. But here the additional circumstances are stated, that his entrance was opposed, and strong remonstrances made (1Ch 6:10) by the high priest, who was accompanied by eighty inferior priests. Rage and threats were the only answers he deigned to return, but God took care to…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 26:16

• Church and State
• Heart
• Incense
• Ingratitude
• Minister, Christian
• Presumption
• Pride
• Prosperity
• Rulers
• Sacrilege
• Usurpation
• Uzziah

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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