2 Chronicles 26:16
But when Uzziah had become powerful, his heart was lifted up so that he acted corruptly; he trespassed against Yahweh, his God, for he went into the house of Yahweh to burn incense on the altar of incense.
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17Azariah, the priest, went in after him, and with him eighty priests of Yahweh, who were brave men.
Cross References
Numbers 16:7tomorrow and put fire and incense in them before Yahweh. The one whom Yahweh chooses, that man will be set apart to Yahweh. You have gone too far, you descendants of Levi.”
Numbers 16:35Then fire flashed out from Yahweh and devoured the 250 men who had offered incense.
Deuteronomy 8:14then your heart becomes lifted up and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on high places of the land, 1 and he fed him the fruits of the field; 1 he nourished him with honey from the rock, 1 and oil from the flinty crag. 1
2 Kings 14:10You have indeed attacked Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Take pride in your victory, but stay at home, for why should you cause yourself trouble and fall, both you and Judah with you?”
2 Kings 16:12When the king came from Damascus he saw the altar; the king approached the altar and made offerings on it.
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 →