2 Tawarikh 26:10-15

26:10 He built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, for he owned many herds in the lowlands ¹  and on the plain. He had workers in the fields and vineyards in the hills and in Carmel, ²  for he loved agriculture. ³ 

26:11 Uzziah had an army of skilled warriors trained for battle. They were organized by divisions according to the muster rolls made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, a royal official. 26:12 The total number of family leaders who led warriors was 2,600. 26:13 They commanded an army of 307,500 skilled and able warriors who were ready to defend ⁴  the king against his enemies. 26:14 Uzziah supplied shields, spears, helmets, breastplates, bows, and slingstones for the entire army. 26:15 In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful. ⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 26:1

Uzziah’s Reign

26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, ⁶  who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

2 Tawarikh 27:1

Jotham’s Reign

27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ⁷  His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

[26:10]  ¹ tn Heb “Shephelah.”

[26:10]  ² tn Heb “workers and vinedressers in the hills and in Carmel.” The words “he had” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[26:10]  ³ tn Heb “for a lover of the ground he [was].”

[26:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “help.”

[26:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “and his name went out to a distant place, for he did extraordinarily to be helped until he was strong.”

[26:1]  ⁶ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”

[27:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.