2 Chronicles 26

^{1 a} Called also Azariah.

^{2 b} He fortified it and made it strong: this citie was also called Elath & Elanan, nere to the red Sea.

^{2 !} Uzziah obeying the Lord, prspereth in his enterprises.

^{5 d} For God neuer forsaketh any that seketh vnto him, and therefore man is the cause of his owne destruction.

^{5 c} This was not that Zechariah that was the sonne of Jehoiada, but some other Prophet of the name.

^{8 e} That is, thei payed tribute in signe of subjection.

^{9 f} Where as the walle or towre turneth.

^{10 g} That is, in mount Carmel, or, as the worde signifieth, in the fruteful field. It is also taken for a grene eare of corne, when it is ful, as {Leui. 2,14}.

^{10 /} Or, pittes.

^{12 h} Of the chief officers of the Kings house, or of the captaines and sergeants for warre.

^{15 /} Ebr. engins by the inuention of an inuentive man.

^{16 !} He waxeth proude & usurpeth the Priests office.

^{16 i} Thus prospertie causeth men to trust in them selues, & by forgeting him, which is the autor thereof, procure their owne perdicion.

^{18 k} Thogh his zeale semed to be good & also his intencion, yet because they were not gouerned by the worde of God, he did wickedly, and was therefore bothe justely resisted & also punished.

^{19 !} The Lord plagueth him.

^{20 !} The Priests driue him out of the Temple, & exclude him out of the Lords house.

^{21 l} According to the commandement of the Lord, {Leui. 13,46}

^{23 !} His buryal, and his successour.

^{23 m} And therefore was buryed aparte in the same field, but not in the same sepulchres with his predeceisers.