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King James Version (1611 Edition)

2 Chronicles 26:2

He built Eloth, and restored it to Iudah: after that the King slept with his fathers.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Elath;   Uzziah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Azariah;   Isaiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Amos;   Hosea;   Uzziah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Edom;   Ezion-Geber;   Uzzia(h);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Uzziah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Elath, Eloth ;   Uzziah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Uzziah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Uzziah (Azariah);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After Amaziah the king rested with his fathers, Uzziah rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah.
Hebrew Names Version
He built Elot, and restored it to Yehudah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
King James Version
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
English Standard Version
He built Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
New Century Version
He rebuilt the town of Elath and made it part of Judah again after Amaziah died.
New English Translation
Uzziah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah had passed away.
Amplified Bible
He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after the king [Amaziah] slept with his fathers [in death].
New American Standard Bible
He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after the king lay down with his fathers.
World English Bible
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He buylt Eloth, and restored it to Iudah after that the King slept with his fathers.
Legacy Standard Bible
He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers.
Berean Standard Bible
Uzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
Complete Jewish Bible
He recovered Eilot for Y'hudah and rebuilt it; it was after this that the king [Amatzyahu] slept with his ancestors.
Darby Translation
It was he that built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
Easy-to-Read Version
Uzziah rebuilt the town of Elath and gave it back to Judah. He did this after Amaziah died and was buried with his ancestors.
George Lamsa Translation
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers.
Good News Translation
(It was after the death of Amaziah that Uzziah recaptured Elath and rebuilt the city.)
Lexham English Bible
He built Elath and returned it to Judah after the king slept with his ancestors.
Literal Translation
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after the king lay with his fathers.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He builded Eloth, & broughte it agayne vnto Iuda, after that the kynge was fallen on slepe with his fathers.
American Standard Version
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Bible in Basic English
He was the builder of Eloth, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he built Eloth, and brought it againe to Iuda, after that the king was layde to sleepe with his fathers.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He built Ælath, he recovered it to Juda, after the king slept with his fathers.
English Revised Version
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He bildide Hailath, and restoride it to the lordschipe of Juda, after that the kyng slepte with hise fadris.
Update Bible Version
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Webster's Bible Translation
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
New King James Version
He built Elath [fn] and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers.
New Living Translation
After his father's death, Uzziah rebuilt the town of Elath and restored it to Judah.
New Life Bible
He built Eloth and returned it to Judah after the king died.
New Revised Standard
He rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his ancestors.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He, built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, - after that the king slept with his fathers.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He built Ailath, and restored it to the dominion of Juda, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Revised Standard Version
He built Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
Young's Literal Translation
He hath built Eloth, and restoreth it to Judah after the king's lying with his fathers.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers.

Contextual Overview

1 Then all the people of Iudah tooke Uzziah, who was sixteene yeeres old, and made him King in the roome of his father Amaziah. 2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Iudah: after that the King slept with his fathers. 3 Sixteene yeeres old was Uzziah, when he began to reigne, and he reigned fiftie and two yeeres in Ierusalem: his mothers name also was Iecoliah of Ierusalem. 4 And hee did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did. 5 And hee sought God in the dayes of Zechariah, who had vnderstanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper. 6 And hee went foorth and warred against the Philistines, & brake downe the wall of Gath, and the wall of Iabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. 7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians, that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims. 8 And the Ammonites gaue gifts to Uzziah, and his name spread abroad euen to the entring in of Egypt: for hee strengthened himselfe exceedingly. 9 Moreouer Uzziah built towers in Ierusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them. 10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many welles, for hee had much cattell, both in the low countrey, and in the plaines: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountaines, and in Carmel: for hee loued husbandrie.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Eloth: 2 Chronicles 8:17, 2 Kings 14:22, 2 Kings 16:6, Elath

restored: 2 Chronicles 25:23, 2 Chronicles 25:28

Cross-References

Genesis 12:1
Now the LORD had said vnto Abram, Get thee out of thy countrey, and from thy kinred, and from thy fathers house, vnto a land that I will shew thee.
Genesis 12:7
And the LORD appeared vnto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed wil I giue this land: and there builded hee an altar vnto the LORD, who appeared vnto him.
Genesis 17:1
And when Abram was ninetie yeres old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said vnto him, I am the almightie God, walke before me, and be thou perfect.
Genesis 18:1
And the LORD appeared vnto him, in the plaines of Mamre: and he sate in the tent doore, in the heat of the day.
Genesis 26:10
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done vnto vs? one of the people might lightly haue lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest haue brought guiltinesse vpon vs.
Genesis 26:20
And the heardmen of Gerar did striue with Isaacs heardmen, saying, The water is ours; and hee called the name of the well, Esek, because they stroue with him.
Psalms 37:3
Trust in the Lord, and do good, so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verely thou shalt be fed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 26:2. He built Eloth2 Kings 14:21. This king is called by several different names; 2 Kings 15:1.


 
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