2 Chronicles 26:2

He was the builder of Eloth, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

In Context

1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

3Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for fifty-two years; his mother's name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem.

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Cross References

2 Kings 14:22He was the builder of Elath, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.

2 Chronicles 8:17Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth by the sea in the land of Edom.

2 Chronicles 25:28And they took his body on horseback and put it into the earth with his fathers in the town of David.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 26:2-16

Uzziah's Prosperity. ( b. c. 800.) 1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. 2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , according to all that his father Amaziah did. 5 And he… Read the whole commentary →

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