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2 Chronicles 26:16 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 26 · verse 16
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.2 Chronicles 26:16 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 26:16 in context
14And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
15And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
16But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
17And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
18And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- transgressedmâʻalproperly, to cover upH4603 →
- destructionshâchathto decayH7843 →
- incenseqâṭarto smokeH6999 →
- strongchezqâhprevailing powerH2393 →
- templehêykâla large public building, such as a palace or templeH1964 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
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Here is the only blot we find on the name of king Uzziah, and it is such a one as lies not on any other of the kings. Whoredom, murder, oppression, persecution, and especially idolatry, gave characters to the bad kings and some of them blemishes to the good ones, David himself not excepted, witness the matter of…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-23