28. upon horses] Render, upon the horses; i.e. upon the horses of some of his pursuers.
the city of Judah] Read, with the margin, the Versions and 2 Kings, the city of David.
Chapter XXVI.
1–4 (= 2 Kings xiv. 21, 22, xv. 2, 3).
Uzziah’s Reign.
¹And all the people of Judah took Uzziah[¹], who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
[¹] In 2 Kings xiv. 21, Azariah.
1. all the people of Judah] Popular choice does not seem to have determined the succession to the throne, except when the reigning king had perished by a violent or untimely death, compare xxii. 1.
Uzziah] Called “Azariah” in 1 Chronicles iii. 12 and in 2 Kings (eight times), but “Uzziah” in 2 Kings xv. 13, 32, 34; Isaiah i. 1, vi. 1; Hosea i. 1; Amos i. 1; Zechariah xiv. 5. The two forms of the name when written in Hebrew consonants closely resemble each other; moreover the meanings of the two are similar, “Jah is my strength” and “Jah hath given help.” Perhaps the king bore both names; compare “Abram” and “Abraham”—“Eliakim” and “Jehoiakim” (xxxvi. 4).
²He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.