Uzziah: Isaiah 6
First mention 2 Kings 14:21. Last mention Zechariah 14:5.
Uzziah, aged 16, succeeded Amaziah, and reigned 52 years.
Azariah is another name for Uzziah.
It is “then”, after the coming capture of the city, garrisoned by the Jews and their protectors—that the Lord goes forth with his mighty ones (Joel 3:11, 2 Thess. 1:7), and stands with his feet on the Mount of Olives, the place from which he ascended to “the right hand of power.” His electric tread evokes an earthquake that divides the mount, as a mountain was divided on the west of the city by the earthquake in Uzziah’s reign.
— The Christadelphian, Volume 26, 1889, Page 371
The jealous watchfulness of God over His appointments is forcibly illustrated in the punishment of Nadab (Num. 3.), of Korah (Num. 16.), of Uzzah (2. Sam. 6.), and of Uzziah (2 Chron. 26.) Laxity or disregard of the divine word also brought condemnation on Israel (Hos. 8:12, 13; 9:3). Let us take heed! “These things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come,”
— The Christadelphian, Volume 23, 1886, Page 349
Significant References: Hosea 1:1; Amos 1:1: Zechariah 14:5; Isaiah chapters 6 & 7
See 2 Chronicles 25, 2 Kings 15: 1—5.
Also see Roberts, Robert, The Ways of Providence, Chapter 21 entitled: Kingdom of Judah
Also see Ministry of the Prophets Isaiah, Chapter 6.
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