He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that his father Uzziah had done. However he didn’t enter into Yahweh’s temple. The people still acted corruptly.
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He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that his father Uzziah had done. However he didn’t enter into Yahweh’s temple. The people still acted corruptly.
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And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
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And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 27:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 15:34-35 He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes. He did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of Yahweh’s house.
- 2 Chronicles 26:4 He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16-21 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Yahweh his God; for he went into Yahweh’s temple to burn incense on the altar of incense. Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of Yahweh, who were valiant men. They resisted Uzziah the king, and said to him, “It isn’t for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed. It will not be for your honor from Yahweh God.” Then Uzziah was angry. He had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in Yahweh’s house, beside the altar of incense. Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked at him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from there. Yes, he himself also hurried to go out, because Yahweh had struck him. Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from Yahweh’s house. Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
- Psalms 119:120 My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
- Acts 5:13 None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain To wit, to offer incense against the word of…
To wit, to offer incense against the word of God, which thing is spoken in the commendation of Jotham.
They were not clean purged from idolatry.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 27:2 And he did [that which was] right…
2Ch 27:2 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
Ver. 2. And he did that which was right.] See 2Ki 15:34. Josephus saith that no virtue was wanting unto him, and that he was pious, just, public spirited, &c.
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Howbeit he entered not into the temple,] viz., To encroach upon the priest’s office; to serve God, no doubt but he entered into it frequently.
And the people did yet corruptly.] By sacrificing and burning incense still in the high places, {2Ki 15:35} though Isaiah, Hosea, Micah, and other holy prophets then living showed them their sin. To this day, people will not leave their old evil customs, though never so much preached down.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He entered not into the temple of the Lord,…
He entered not into the temple of the Lord, to wit, to offer incense. But seeing this was not commendable, how is this mentioned as an exception from the foregoing character, that he did as his father did in that which was right, &c.?
Answ. It is an exception only from the last clause, where also one word may be supplied out of the foregoing words, as is most usual in Scripture; thus, He did
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according to all that his father Uzziah did; then it fitly follows, howbeit, &c., i.e. except in his miscarriages.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain He built the high gate in the house of…
He built the high gate in the house of the Lord,.... See the note on Kg2 15:35.
and on the wall of Ophel he built much; which Kimchi interprets an high place; it was the eastern part of Mount Zion. Josephus (f) calls it Ophlas, and says it joined to the eastern porch of the temple; and some have thought the porch of the temple is meant; the Targum renders it a palace; it is a tradition of the Jews that it was the holy of holies (g).
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(f) De Bell. Jud. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 2. (g) Vid. Hieron Trad. Heb. in lib. Paralipom. fol. 86. A. F. G.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain He did - He did according to all that…
He did - He did according to all that his father Uzziah did; except in his miscarriages. We must not imitate those we have the greatest esteem for, any farther than we do well; but their failings must be warnings to us, to walk more circumspectly.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 2. He entered not into the temple] He…
Verse 2. He entered not into the temple] He copied his father's conduct as far as it was constitutional; and avoided his transgression. See the preceding chapter. (2Ch 26)
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Lord. Like Ozias, to offer incense. He was content…
Lord. Like Ozias, to offer incense. He was content with the royal dignity, without arrogating to himself that of the priests. C. --- Transgressed. Heb. "acted corruptly," on the heights, 4 K. xv. 35. H.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain he did that which was right--The general rectitude of…
he did that which was right--The general rectitude of his government is described by representing it as conducted on the excellent principles which had guided the early part of his father's reign.
the people did yet corruptly--(See Kg2 15:35); but the description here is more emphatic, that though Jotham did much to promote the good of his kingdom and aimed at a thorough reformation in religion, the widespread and inveterate wickedness of the people frustrated all his laudable efforts.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 2. howbeit he entered not into the temple of…
2. howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Lord] Kings has a different limitation, viz., “howbeit the high places were not removed.”
did yet corruptly] In Kings, “sacrificed and burnt incense still in the high places.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (2) Howbeit he entered not.—The chronicler adds this reservation…
(2) Howbeit he entered not.—The chronicler adds this reservation upon the preceding general statement. The author of Kings, having said nothing of Uzziah’s sacrilege, had no need to make such an exception.
And the people did yet corruptly.—Still used to deal corruptly; a paraphrase of what we read in 2Ki_15:35, “the people still used to sacrifice and burn incense on the high places.” We know further, from the extant utterances of the prophets of those days, that a deep-seated moral corruption was sapping the strength of the nation. (Comp. Mic_3:10-12; Hos_4:1-2.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Howbeit. This word purports to render the Hebrew qr,…
Howbeit. This word purports to render the Hebrew qr, which might find a more telling reproduction in such a phrase as "and moreover." It has been said, wherein his father did right, so did he; and to his clear advantage, where his father went wrong, he did riot. The people did yet corruptly. The parallel, in its ver. 35, specifies in what this consisted, viz. that they continued the high places, burning incense and sacrificing at them. The early chapters of Isaiah depict forcibly the extent of this national apostasy, and the heinous offensiveness of it in the Divine sight.
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