2 Chronicles 26:2

He rebuilt Eloth and brought it back into the kingdom of Judah after Amaziah died.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1All the people of Judah took Uzziah, sixteen years old, and made him king in succession to his father Amaziah.

3Uzziah was sixteen when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for fifty-two years. His mother's name was Jecoliah and she came from Jerusalem.

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Cross References

2 Kings 14:22Azariah recaptured Elath for Judah and rebuilt it after his father's death.

2 Chronicles 8:17After this Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of the land of Edom.

2 Chronicles 25:28They brought him back by horse and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

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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