2 Crônicas 26

2 Crônicas 26

SECOND CHRONICLES The Kingdom of Israel From Splendor to Disaster Splendor Disaster King Solomon of Judah 2 Chronicles 1-9 Successive Kings of Judah 2Chr 10-36 Kingdom United Kingdom Divided 2Chr 10:1-19 Rulers of the Southern Kingdom of Judah After the Split The Exile of Judah 2Chr 36:17-23 Inaugural 2Chr 1:1-17 Solomon's Temple 2Chr 2:1-7:22 Solomon's Glory 2Chr 8:1-9:31 Building of the Temple Decline & Destruction of the Temple Temple Destroyed ~40 Years ~393 Years THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL Chart from Jensen's Survey of the OT - used by permission Click Chart from Charles Swindoll TIMELINE OF THE BOOKS OF SAMUEL, KINGS & CHRONICLES 1107 1011 971 931 853 722 586 1Samuel 2 Samuel 1Kings 1Kings 2 Kings 31 1-4 5-10 11-20 21-24 1-11 12-22 1-17 18-25 1 Chronicles 10 1Chr 11-19 1Chr 20-29 2 Chronicles 1-9 2 Chronicles 10-20 2 Chronicles 21-36 Legend: B.C. dates at top of timeline are approximate. Note that 931BC marks the division of the Kingdom into Southern Tribes (Judah and Benjamin) and Ten Northern Tribes. To avoid confusion be aware that after the division of the Kingdom in 931BC, the Southern Kingdom is most often designated in Scripture as "Judah" and the Northern Kingdom as "Israel." Finally, note that 1 Chronicles 1-9 is not identified on the timeline because these chapters are records of genealogy. KINGS IN BOLD = GOOD KINGS SEE ALSO: ESV chart - kings of Israel - more information ESV chart - kings of Judah - more information Another Chart with Variable Dates for Reigns of Kings 2 Chronicles 26:1 And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. all the: 2Ch 22:1 33:25 Uzziah: 2Ki 14:21 15:1-7 1Ch 3:12, Azariah, Mt 1:8,9, Ozias CLICK 2 CHRONICLES COMMENTARIES FOR MULTIPLE SERMONS AND COMMENTARIES See BELOW FOR BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR 1-2 CHRONICLES - adapted from Paul Apple's Bible Outlines Related Passages: 2 Kings 14:21+ All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. 2 Kings 15:1-7+ In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king. 2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 3 He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 4 Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. 5 The LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death. And he lived in a separate house, while Jotham the king’s son was over the household, judging the people of the land. 6 Now the rest of the acts of Azariah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 7 And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son became king in his place. KING UZZIAH = "JEHOVAH IS MY STRENGTH" KING AZARIAH - "JEHOVAH HAS HELPED" One cannot imagine a better pair of names than King Uzziah also known as King Azariah! Yahweh is his strength and his help! This man had everything going for him and for a while he ran well. Would this be true of all of God's children! Amen! Let me encourage you to not get caught up the numbers of the king's reigns because the actual times of co-regencies are not clear cut and there is quite a bit of variation in the commentaries. For example, Warren Wiersbe thinks Uzziah co-reigned with his father Amaziah for 15 years while John W Olley feels he was co-regent for around 25 years and Old Testament scholar Eugene Merrill feels the co-regency lasted 23 years (see Merrill's note)! In sum, don't stumble over the numbers, but focus on the great spiritual lessons in the lives of these kings! And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah - Uzziah is the 10th king of Judah and is considered one of 7 kings of Judah who were generally good. Here are the other 6 - Asa, Jehoshaphat, Joash (early reign), Jotham, Hezekiah and Josiah. Some add Uzziah's father Amaziah who had a good beginning. All the rest were bad! The saying proved true for most of the kings "Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely." A person's sense of morality lessens as their power increases. Uzziah is also called Azariah (1 Chr. 3:12) and it may be that the Chronicler uses Uzziah in this chapter because of the possible confusion with the name of the High Priest, Azariah (cf. 2 Chr. 26:17,20). It should be noted that in Uzziah's time Joel, Amos, and Hosea were prophesying, and in the year of his death Isaiah began to minister (Amos 1:1; Hosea 1:1; Isaiah 6:1). Dilday - “Following the tragic events that brought King Amaziah’s reign to an end, Jerusalem was in disarray, a major section of its protective wall destroyed, its temple and palace emptied of their treasures, and some of its inhabitants taken away to Israel as hostages.” August Konkel: Uzziah (2 Chron 26:1, etc.) is also known as Azariah. The names seem to be interchangeable. . . The difference may not have had significance, because both words from which the names are derived (‘zr and ‘zz) can mean “victory” or “strength.” The short form of Yahweh at the end of his name indicates it is the strength of God. . . The name of his mother (Jekoliah) similarly means the Lord (Yah) is able (ykl). (Believers Church Bible Commentary – 1 & 2 Chronicles) Martin Selman on all the people of Judah took Uzziah - Some difficulty is usually implied when the people (2Ch 26:1) are involved in putting a new king on the throne (cf. 2Ch 22:11; 33:25; 36:1), perhaps connected here with Amaziah’s defeat (cf. 2Ch 25:21-24). However, the idea that the king could be chosen by the will of the people was never entirely lost in Judah. (Borrow Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries – 2 Chronicles.) Christopher Knapp adds "“He seems to have come by the throne, not in the way of ordinary succession, but by the direct choice of the people. The princes had been destroyed by the Syrians toward the close of his grandfather Joash’s reign (2 Chronicles 24:23), leaving the people a free hand." Henry