Verse 7
2 Chronicles 26:7
Free Bible Version
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Uzziah built defensive towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and the Valley Gate, and at the corner, and strengthened them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּעְזְרֵ֨/הוּ הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֜ים עַל פְּלִשְׁתִּ֧ים וְ/עַל ה/ערביים הָֽ/עַרְבִ֛ים הַ/יֹּשְׁבִ֥ים בְּ/גוּר בָּ֖עַל וְ/הַ/מְּעוּנִֽים
English Translation
And God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabs, the inhabitants of Gur Baal and the Meunites.
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Chapter 26 Context
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All the people of Judah took Uzziah, sixteen years old, and made him king in succession to his fathe...
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Uzziah was sixteen when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for fifty-two years. His mother'...
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He worshiped God (Elohim) during the lifetime of Zechariah, who taught him to respect God (Elohim)....
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Uzziah went to war against the Philistines, and he demolished the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod....
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God (Elohim) helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabians living in Gurbaal, and against...
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6
The Meunites brought gifts as tribute to Uzziah. His reputation spread as far as the border of Egypt...
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Uzziah built defensive towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and the Valley Gate, and at the corner...
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He also built towers in the desert and cut many water cisterns out of the rock, because he had a gre...
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Uzziah had an army of battle-ready soldiers, in divisions according to the numbers in the listing ma...
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10
The total number of family leaders was 2,600 fighting men.
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Under their command was an army of 307,500 trained for battle, who had the power to help the king fi...
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12
Uzziah supplied shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones for the whole army.
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13
He also made skillfully designed war machines to fire arrows and large stones from the towers and co...
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14
But because he was powerful he became arrogant, and this led to his ruin. For he was unfaithful to t...
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15
Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty brave priests of the Lord.
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They stood up to him, and told him, “It's not your place to burn incense to the Lord. Only the pries...
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Uzziah, who was holding a censer in his hand to offer incense, became furious. But as he raged at th...
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18
When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him and saw the leprosy on his forehead,...
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19
King Uzziah was a leper until the day he died. He lived by himself as a leper, barred from entering...
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The rest of what Uzziah did, from beginning to end, was written down by the prophet Isaiah, son of A...
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Uzziah died and was buried near them in a cemetery belonging to the kings, for people said, “He was...
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