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BrLXXΑὐτὸς ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν Αἰλάθ, αὐτὸς ἐπέστρεψεν αὐτὴν τῷ Ἰούδα, μετὰ τὸ κοιμηθῆναι τὸν βασιλέα μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ. (Autos ōkodomaʸse taʸn Ailath, autos epestrepsen autaʸn tōi Youda, meta to koimaʸthaʸnai ton basilea meta tōn paterōn autou. )
BrTrHe built Ælath, he recovered it to Juda, after the king slept with his fathers.
ULTHe himself built Eloth, and he restored it to Judah after the lying down of the king with his fathers.
USTWhile he was the king, after his father King Amaziah had died, he had his workers rebuild the city of Elath and brought that city under the protection of Judah.
BSBUzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth [fn] and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah [fn] rested with his fathers.
26:2Eloth is a variant of Elath; see LXX, 2 Kings 14:22, and 2 Kings 16:6.
NETUzziah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah had passed away.
LSVHe has built Eloth, and restores it to Judah after the king’s lying with his fathers.
FBVHe rebuilt Eloth and brought it back into the kingdom of Judah after Amaziah died.
T4TAfter King Amaziah died, all the people of Judah appointed his son Uzziah, who then was 16 years old, as their king. One of the things that happened while he was the king was that his men captured Elath town on the Gulf of Aqaba and rebuilt it.
LEBHe built Elath and returned it to Judah after the king slept with his ancestors.[fn]
JPSHe built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
ASVHe built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
DRAHe built Ailath, and restored it to the dominion of Juda, after that the king slept with his fathers.
YLTHe hath built Eloth, and restoreth it to Judah after the king's lying with his fathers.
DrbyIt was he that built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
RVHe built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
WbstrHe built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
KJB-1769He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. (He built Eloth, and restored it to Yudah, after that the king slept with his fathers. )
KJB-1611He built Eloth, and restored it to Iudah: after that the King slept with his fathers. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
BshpsAnd he built Eloth, and brought it againe to Iuda, after that the king was layde to sleepe with his fathers. (And he built Eloth, and brought it again to Yudah, after that the king was laid to sleep with his fathers.)
GnvaHe buylt Eloth, and restored it to Iudah after that the King slept with his fathers. (He built Eloth, and restored it to Yudah after that the King slept with his fathers. )
CvdlHe builded Eloth, & broughte it agayne vnto Iuda, after that the kynge was fallen on slepe with his fathers. (He builded Eloth, and brought it again unto Yudah, after that the king was fallen on sleep with his fathers.)
WyclHe bildide Hailath, and restoride it to the lordschipe of Juda, after that the kyng slepte with hise fadris. (He builded/built Hailath, and restoride it to the lordschipe of Yudah, after that the king slept with his fathers.)
LuthDerselbe bauete Eloth und brachte sie wieder an Juda, nachdem der König entschlafen war mit seinen Vätern. (Derselbe bauete Eloth and brought they/she/them again at Yuda, after the/of_the king entschlafen what/which with his Vätern.)
ClVgIpse ædificavit Ailath, et restituit eam ditioni Juda, postquam dormivit rex cum patribus suis. (Exactly_that ædificavit Ailath, and restituit her ditioni Yuda, postquam dormivit king when/with patribus to_his_own. )
26:1-5 The Chronicler gave Uzziah (called Azariah in Kings) a double introduction (26:1-2, 3-5), quoting two passages found in Kings (2 Kgs 14:21-22; 15:2-3).
The long, concurrent reigns of Jeroboam II of Israel and Uzziah (also called Azariah) of Judah marked a period of resurgence after their nations had suffered nearly sixty years of decline and unrest. By the time both kings ascended to the throne in 793 B.C. and 792 B.C., Moab had revolted from Israel and seized land belonging to the tribe of Reuben (2 Kings 1:1; see “The Nation of Moab and the Tribe of Reuben”), and Edom and Libnah had revolted from Judah (2 Kings 8:16-24; 2 Chronicles 21:1-11; see “Edom and Libnah Revolt”). Jehu then brutally overthrew Ahab’s dynasty, but he later suffered the loss of all Gilead to the rising power of Aram (2 Kings 1:1; 3:1-27; 8:12; 10:32-33; 2 Chronicles 21:8-10; see “Aram Captures Gilead”). Soon after this, however, the Assyrian king Adad-nirari III (who may be the “savior” of 2 Kings 13:5) attacked Aram, but then he withdrew, thus creating a power vacuum to the north. Jeroboam of Israel took advantage of this opportunity and captured much of Aram, though it is unclear how firmly he held Aram or for how long. During this same time, king Uzziah of Judah captured the Red Sea port city of Elath in the far south, which belonged to Edom, and he also attacked the Arabs of Gur, who were likely located nearby. He also attacked the Meunites who lived in Seir, the formerly Edomite region south of the Judean Negev, though the Meunites themselves do not appear to have been Edomites. The Meunites are probably the same as the “Maonites” mentioned in Judges 10:12, and they also joined the Moabite alliance that attacked king Jehoshaphat of Judah (2 Chronicles 20). About a century after Uzziah’s time, during the reign of Hezekiah, some Simeonites attacked some Meunites in the Negev and seized their land (1 Chronicles 4:41-43). According to the Septuagint, the Meunites also paid Uzziah tribute (2 Chronicles 26:7-8), and Uzziah likely captured some of the Meunites and gave them as servants for the Temple of the Lord, which appears to have been a common practice in Israel since the time of Moses and Joshua (see Numbers 31:30; Joshua 9:27; Ezra 8:20). Their descendants are listed among the “Nethinim,” who served at the Temple during time of Ezra and Nehemiah (Ezra 2:50; Nehemiah 7:52). Uzziah also attacked the Philistine cities of Gath, Ashdod, and Jabneh and established other cities throughout Philistia. He built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the Angle as well as towers in the wilderness. He also dug many cisterns to store water for his large herds, both in the Shephelah (the foothills near Gath) and in the plain. He also had large farms and vineyards and strengthened Judah’s army. As far as moral leadership, the writer of Kings deems Jeroboam as a bad king for allowing idolatry to continue in Israel, but Uzziah is deemed as good, though he later sinned and was afflicted with leprosy for making an offering on the altar of incense.
