2 Chronicles 26:15

וַיַּעַשׂ ׀ בִּירוּשָׁלִַם חִשְּׁבֹנוֹת מַחֲשֶׁבֶת חוֹשֵׁב לִהְיוֹת עַל ־ הַמִּגְדָּלִים וְעַל ־ הַפִּנּוֹת לִירוֹא בַּֽחִצִּים וּבָאֲבָנִים גְּדֹלוֹת וַיֵּצֵא שְׁמוֹ עַד ־ לְמֵרָחוֹק כִּֽי ־ הִפְלִיא לְהֵעָזֵר עַד כִּֽי ־ חָזָֽק ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

In Context

14וַיָּכֶן לָהֶם עֻזִּיָּהוּ לְכָל ־ הַצָּבָא מָגִנִּים וּרְמָחִים וְכוֹבָעִים וְשִׁרְיֹנוֹת וּקְשָׁתוֹת וּלְאַבְנֵי קְלָעִֽים ׃

16וּכְחֶזְקָתוֹ גָּבַהּ לִבּוֹ עַד ־ לְהַשְׁחִית וַיִּמְעַל בַּיהוָה אֱלֹהָיו וַיָּבֹא אֶל ־ הֵיכַל יְהוָה לְהַקְטִיר עַל ־ מִזְבַּח הַקְּטֹֽרֶת ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 31:4לַחְשֹׁב מַחֲשָׁבֹת לַעֲשׂוֹת בַּזָּהָב וּבַכֶּסֶף וּבַנְּחֹֽשֶׁת ׃

2 Chronicles 2:7וּֽשְׁלַֽח ־ לִי עֲצֵי אֲרָזִים בְּרוֹשִׁים וְאַלְגּוּמִּים מֵֽהַלְּבָנוֹן כִּי אֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי אֲשֶׁר עֲבָדֶיךָ יֽוֹדְעִים לִכְרוֹת עֲצֵי לְבָנוֹן וְהִנֵּה עֲבָדַי עִם ־ עֲבָדֶֽיךָ ׃

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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