2 Chronicles 26 in the early church
[LXX: 2 Paralipomenon; Vulgate: 2 Paralipomenon]
28 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Chronicles 26, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 1 · 3 · 5 · 10 · 15 · 16 · 18 · 19
2 Chronicles 26:1
All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chr 26:1 | Against Helvidius 15 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 383 |
2 Chronicles 26:3
Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chr 26:3 | On Apostate Kings 8 · Lucifer of Cagliari | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 356–361 |
2 Chronicles 26:5
He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chr 26:5 | Homily on Isaiah 5 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 235–250 |
| 2 Chr 26:5 | Prophetic Extracts 4.5 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
2 Chronicles 26:10
Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chr 26:10 | PG 12:1183 (Ps 8 LXX) · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
2 Chronicles 26:15
And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously until he became powerful.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chr 26:15 | The Institutes 11.11 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 419–426 |
2 Chronicles 26:16
But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
2 Chronicles 26:18
They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chr 26:18 | Homily on Isaiah 5 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 235–250 |
2 Chronicles 26:19
Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chr 26:19 | Homily on Isaiah 1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 235–250 |
| 2 Chr 26:19 | Homily on Isaiah 5 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 235–250 |
| 2 Chr 26:19 | Long recension, Magnesians 3 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | later 4th century (probable) |
| 2 Chr 26:19 | On the Destruction of Jerusalem 2.12 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370 |
| 2 Chr 26:19 | Question 101, section 7 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| 2 Chr 26:19 | Question 110, section 7 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| 2 Chr 26:19 | Letter 112.2 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| 2 Chr 26:19 | Apostolic Constitutions 8.46.3 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| 2 Chr 26:19 | Letter 75.2 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |