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2 Chronicles 26:5

He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who taught him to honor God + 26:5 The Hebrew text can be read either, to honor God , or in the fear of God or in seeing God . Scholars are divided. . As long as he sought Yahweh, God made him prosper.

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In The King James Version

And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.

In Context

4He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, following the example of his father, Amaziah, in everything.

6Uzziah went out and fought against the Philistines. He broke down the city walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod; he built cities in the country of Ashdod and among the Philistines.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:38Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a man as this, in whom is the Spirit of God?”

Joshua 1:8You will always speak about this book of the law. You will meditate on it day and night so that you can obey all that is written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

1 Chronicles 22:11Now, my son, may Yahweh be with you and enable you to succeed. May you build the house of Yahweh your God, as he said you would.

2 Chronicles 14:6He built fortified cities in Judah, for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him peace.

2 Chronicles 24:2Joash did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh all the days of Jehoiada, the priest.

2 Chronicles 27:6So Jotham became powerful because he walked firmly before Yahweh his God.

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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