Ozias reigneth prosperously, till he invadeth the priests’ office, upon which he is struck with a leprosy.
Ozias seruing God, 6. preuaileth in battel against the Philistians, Arabians, and Ammonites. 9. prospereth in honour and wealth. 16. Then w•ixing proud offereth incense on the altar, is striken with leprosie, expelled out of the Temple, and citie. 20. and his sonne Ioathan ruleth the kingdom.
1And all the people of Juda took his son Ozias, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of Amasias his father.E tutto il popol di Giuda dichiarò re in sua vece Ozia suo figliuolo in età di sedici anni.AND al the people of Iuda made his sonne Ozias sixtene yeares old, king for Amasias his father.Omnis autem populus Juda filium ejus Oziam, annorum sedecim, constituit regem pro Amasia patre suo. 2He built Ailath, and restored it to the dominion of Juda, after that the king slept with his fathers.Egli edificò Ailath, e la rimise sotto l'impero di Giuda, dopo che il re si fu addormentato co' padri suoi.He built Ailath, and restored it to the dominion of Iuda, after that the king slept with his fathers.Ipse ædificavit Ailath, et restituit eam ditioni Juda, postquam dormivit rex cum patribus suis. 3Ozias was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Jechelia of Jerusalem.Sedici anni aveva Ozia quando cominciò a regnare, e cinquantadue anni regnò in Gerusalemme: sua madre si nomò Jechelia di Gerusalemme.Sixtene yeares old was Ozias when he began to reigne, and he reigned two and fiftie yeares in Ierusalem, the name of his mother was Iechelia of Ierusalem.Sedecim annorum erat Ozias cum regnare cœpisset, et quinquaginta duobus annis regnavit in Jerusalem: nomen matris ejus Jechelia de Jerusalem. 4And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Amasias his father had done.E fece quello, che era giusto negli occhi del Signore, e imitò in tutto Amasia suo padre.And he did that which was right in the eies of our Lord, according to al thinges, which Amasias his father had done.Fecitque quod erat rectum in oculis Domini, juxta omnia quæ fecerat Amasias pater ejus. 5And he sought the Lord in the days of Zacharias that understood and saw God: and as long as he sought the Lord, he directed him in all things.E cercò sollecitamente il Signore, mentre visse Zacharia, uomo prudente, e profeta del Signore: e il Signore, cui egli cercava, lo stradò bene in tutte le cose.And he sought our Lord in the daies of Zacharias that vnderstood and saw God: and when he sought our Lord, he directed him in al thinges.Et exquisivit Dominum in diebus Zachariæ intelligentis et videntis Deum: cumque requireret Dominum, direxit eum in omnibus. 6Moreover he went forth and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Geth, and the wall of Jabnia, and the wall of Azotus: and he built towns in Azotus, and among the Philistines.Finalmente egli si mosse, e venne a battaglia contro i Filistei, e distrusse le mura di Geth, e le mura di Jabnia, e le mura di Azoto: e fabbricò ancora dei castelli in Azoto, e nel paese de' Filistei.Moreouer he went forth, and fought against the Philisthijms, and destroyed the wal of Geth, and the wal of Iabinia, and the wal of Azotus: he built also townes in Azotus, and among the Philisthijms.Denique egressus est, et pugnavit contra Philisthiim, et destruxit murum Geth, et murum Jabniæ, murumque Azoti: ædificavit quoque oppida in Azoto et in Philisthiim.
7And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians, that dwelt in Gurbaal, and against the Ammonites.E il Signore gli diede aiuto contro i Filistei, e contro gli Arabi abitanti in Gurbaal, e contro gli Ammoniti.And God did helpe him against the Philisthijms, and against the Arabians, that dwelt in Garbaal, and against the Ammonites.Et adjuvit eum Deus contra Philisthiim, et contra Arabes qui habitabant in Gurbaal, et contra Ammonitas. 8And the Ammonites gave gifts to Ozias: and his name was spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt for his frequent victories.E gli Ammoniti presentavano a lui dei doni: e la fama di lui si sparse fino all'ingresso dell'Egitto, per ragione delle frequenti vittorie.And the Ammonites gaue giftes to Ozias: and his name was renowmed vnto the entrance of Aegypt for his often victories.Appendebantque Ammonitæ munera Oziæ: et divulgatum est nomen ejus usque ad introitum Ægypti propter crebras victorias. 9And Ozias built towers in Jerusalem over the gate of the corner, and over the gate of the valley, and the rest, in the same side of the wall, and fortified them.E Ozia fabbricò in Gerusalemme delle torri sopra la porta dell'angolo, e sopra la porta della valle, e le altre nello stesso lato della muraglia, e le fortificò.And Ozias built towers in Ierusalem ouer the gate of the corner, and ouer the gate of the valley, and the rest, in the same side of the wal, and strengthened them.Ædificavitque Ozias turres in Jerusalem super portam anguli, et super portam vallis, et reliquas in eodem muri latere, firmavitque eas. 10And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many cisterns, for he had much cattle both in the plains, and in the waste of the desert: he had also vineyards and dressers of vines in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he was a man that loved husbandry.Fabbricò ancora delle torri nel deserto, e scavò moltissime cisterne, perchè avea molti bestiami tanto nelle campagne, come nel vasto deserto: egli ebbe anche delle vigne, e de' vignaiuoli sui monti, e sul Carmelo: perocché era un uomo molto intento all'agricoltura.He built towers also in the wildernesse, and digged manie cesternes, because he had much cattel as wel in the champaine, as in the vastitie of the desert: he had also vineyardes & dressers of vines in the mountaynes, and in Carmel: for he was a man geuen to husbandrie.Exstruxit etiam turres in solitudine, et effodit cisternas plurimas, eo quod haberet multa pecora tam in campestribus quam in eremi vastitate: vineas quoque habuit et vinitores, in montibus et in Carmelo: erat quippe homo agriculturæ deditus.
11And the army of his fighting men, that went out to war, was under the hand of Jehiel the scribe, and Maasias the doctor, and under the hand of Henanias, who was one of the king’s captains.E dell'esercito de' suoi combattenti, che andavano alla guerra, ne aveano il comando Jehiel segretario, e Maasia dottore (della legge), e Hanania uno dei capitani del re.And the host of his warriers, which went forth to battels, was vnder the band of Iehiel the scribe, & Maasias the doctor, and vnder the hand of Hananias, who was of the kinges dukes.Fuit autem exercitus bellatorum ejus, qui procedebant ad prælia sub manu Jehiel scribæ, Maasiæque doctoris, et sub manu Hananiæ, qui erat de ducibus regis. 12And the whole number of the chiefs by the families of valiant men were two thousand six hundred.E tutto il numero dei principi delle famiglie, uomini di valore, era di duemila seicento.And al the number of the princes by families of valiant men, was two thousand six hundred.Omnisque numerus principum per familias, virorum fortium duorum millium sexcentorum. 13And the whole army under them three hundred and seven thousand five hundred: who were fit for war, and fought for the king against the enemy.E sotto di essi tutto l'esercito di gente atta al mestiere delle armi, e la quale combatteva contro i nemici del re, era di trecento sette mila cinquecento.And vnder them al the host of three hundred & seuen thousand fiue hundred: which were apt to battels, and fought for the king against the aduersariesEt sub eis universus exercitus trecentorum et septem millium quingentorum, qui erant apti ad bella, et pro rege contra adversarios dimicabant. 14And Ozias prepared for them, that is, for the whole army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and slings to cast stones.E per tutto questo esercito Ozia preparò scudi, e picche, e cimieri, e corazze, e archi, e timide da scagliar sassi.Ozias also prepared for them, that is to say, for al the armie, shildes, and speares, and helmettes, and coates of mayle, and bowes, and slinges to cast stones.Præparavit quoque eis Ozias, id est, cuncto exercitui, clypeos, et hastas, et galeas, et loricas, arcusque et fundas ad jaciendos lapides. 15And he made in Jerusalem engines of diverse kinds, which he placed in the towers, and in the corners of the walls, to shoot arrows, and great stones: and his name went forth far abroad, for the Lord helped him, and had strengthened him.E fece in Gerusalemme delle macchine di varie specie, le quali egli collocò sulle torri, e agli angoli delle mura, colle quali si scagliavano saette, e grandi pietre: e si sparse in lontane parti la sua fama, perché il Signore lo assisteva, ei gli dava vigore.And he made in Ierusalem engines of diuerse kind, which he placed in the towers, and in the corners of the walles, to shoote arrowes, and great stones: and his name went forth farre, for that our Lord did ayde him, and had strengthned him.Et fecit in Jerusalem diversi generis machinas, quas in turribus collocavit et in angulis murorum, ut mitterent sagittas, et saxa grandia: egressumque est nomen ejus procul, eo quod auxiliaretur ei Dominus, et corroborasset illum.
16But when he was made strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction, and he neglected the Lord his God: and going into the temple of the Lord, he had a mind to burn incense upon the altar of incense.Ma Quando egli fu diventato potente, si elevò il suo cuore per sua rovina, e non fece più conto del Signore Dio suo: ed entrato nel tempio del Signore, volle abbruciare l'incenso sopra l'altare de' timiami.But when he was strengthned, his hart was eleuated to his destruction, and he neglected our Lord his God: and entering into the temple of our Lord: he would burne incense vpon the altar of incense.Sed cum roboratus esset, elevatum est cor ejus in interitum suum, et neglexit Dominum Deum suum: ingressusque templum Domini, adolere voluit incensum super altare thymiamatis. 17And immediately Azarias the priest going in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord, most valiant men,Ed essendo sopraggiunto a lui Azaria sommo Sacerdote, e con esso ottanta sacerdoti del Signore, uomini di gran petto,And incontinent Azarias the Priest going in after him, & with him the Priestes of our Lord eightie, most valiant men,Statimque ingressus post eum Azarias sacerdos, et cum eo sacerdotes Domini octoginta, viri fortissimi, 18Withstood the king and said: It doth not belong to thee, Ozias, to burn incense to the Lord, but to the priests, that is, to the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated for this ministry: go out of the sanctuary, do not despise: for this thing shall not be accounted to thy glory by the Lord God.Si opposero al re, e gli dissero: Non si appartiene a te, o Ozia, di bruciare l'incenso al Signore; ma si ai sacerdoti, viene a dire, ai figliuoli di Aaronne, i quali sono stati consagrati per tal ministero. Esci dal Santuario; non fartene beffe: perocché questo non sarà di gloria per te dinanzi al Signore Dio.they resisted the king, and sayd: It is not thy office Ozias, to burne incense to our Lord, but of the Priestes, that is, of the children of Aaron, which are consecrated to this kind of ministerie: goe out of the Sanctuarie, contemne not: because this thing shal not be reputed to thee for glorie of our Lord God.restiterunt regi, atque dixerunt: Non est tui officii, Ozia, ut adoleas incensum Domino, sed sacerdotum, hoc est, filiorum Aaron, qui consecrati sunt ad hujuscemodi ministerium: egredere de sanctuario, ne contempseris: quia non reputabitur tibi in gloriam hoc a Domino Deo. 19And Ozias was angry, and holding in his hand the censer to burn incense, threatened the priests. And presently there rose a leprosy in his forehead before the priests, in the house of the Lord at the altar of incense.Ma Ozia sdegnato, tenendo in mano il turibolo per offrire l'incenso, facea minacce ai sacerdoti. E subitamente spuntò sulla fronte di lui la lebbra in presenza de' sacerdoti nella casa del Signore presso l'altare de' timiami.And Ozias being angrie, and holding in his hand the censar to burne incense, threatned the Priestes. And forthwith there rose a leprosie in his forehead before the Priestes, in the house of our Lord vpon the altar of incense.Iratusque Ozias, tenens in manu thuribulum ut adoleret incensum, minabatur sacerdotibus. Statimque orta est lepra in fronte ejus coram sacerdotibus, in domo Domini super altare thymiamatis.
20And Azarias the high priest, and all the rest of the priests looked upon him, and saw the leprosy in his forehead, and they made haste to thrust him out. Yea himself also being frightened, hasted to go out, because he had quickly felt the stroke of the Lord.E avendolo mirato Azaria Pontefice, e tutti gli altri sacerdoti, videro sulla fronte di lui la lebbra, e lo fecero uscire in fretta. E sbigottito egli stesso affrettò il passo per andarsene, perchè avea repentinamente sentita la piaga mandatagli dal Signore.And when Azarias the high Priest had beheld him, and al the rest of the Priestes, they saw the leprosie in his forehead, and in hast they thrust him out. Yea and him self being sore afrayd, made hast to goe out, because he felt by and by the plague of our Lord.Cumque respexisset eum Azarias pontifex, et omnes reliqui sacerdotes, viderunt lepram in fronte ejus, et festinato expulerunt eum. Sed et ipse perterritus, acceleravit egredi, eo quod sensisset illico plagam Domini. 21And Ozias the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelt in a house apart being full of the leprosy, for which he had been cast out of the house of the Lord. And Joatham his son governed the king’s house, and judged the people of the land.Fu adunque Ozia lebbroso sino alla sua morte; e abitò in una casa appartata, essendo pieno di lebbra, per ragion della quale era stato cacciato dalla casa del Signore. E Joatham suo figliuolo governò la casa reale, e rende va giustizia al popolo.Ozias therfore the king was a leper vntil the day of his death, and he dwelt in a house apart ful of the leprosie, for the which he had bene cast out of the house of our Lord. Moreouer Ioathan his sonne gouerned the kinges house, and iudged the people of the land.Fuit igitur Ozias rex leprosus usque ad diem mortis suæ, et habitavit in domo separata plenus lepra, ob quam ejectus fuerat de domo Domini. Porro Joatham filius ejus rexit domum regis, et judicabat populum terræ. 22But the rest of the acts of Ozias first and last were written by Isaias the son of Amos, the prophet.Il rimanente poi delle geste di Ozia, le prime, e le ultime le scrisse Isaia figliuolo di Amos, profeta.But the rest of the wordes of Ozias the first and the last wrote Isaias the sonne of Amos, the prophet.Reliqua autem sermonum Oziæ priorum et novissimorum scripsit Isaias filius Amos propheta. 23And Ozias slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the field of the royal sepulchres, because he was a leper: and Joatham his son reigned in his stead.E Ozia si addormentò co' padri suoi, e fu sepolto nel campo dei sepolcri reali, perchè era lebbroso: e gli succedette nel regno Joatham suo figliuolo.And Ozias slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the kings sepulchres field, because he was a leper: and Ioathan his sonne reigned for him.Dormivitque Ozias cum patribus suis, et sepelierunt eum in agro regalium sepulchrorum, eo quod esset leprosus: regnavitque Joatham filius ejus pro eo.
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Year of the World 3194.
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Juda, till the reign of Achaz, 4 Kings 16:6. It had revolted under Joram. (Calmet)
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Done. And was successful, as long as he attended to the high priest, Numbers 27:21. (Worthington)
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God, or who had the gift of intelligence and prophecy from God. Hebrew, "who was intelligent in the visions of God." Others have read birath, with the Septuagint, "in the fear;" or Chaldean, etc., "instructing in the fear of the Lord." The Jews childishly understand Zacharias to mean the king himself, in the early part of his reign. Others suppose the priest, who was slain by Joas, is designated. (Lyranus)
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In. Protestants, "about Ashdod." Septuagint, "he built (or repaired) the cities of Azotus," to keep under the Philistines, who had revolted under Joram, 2 Paralipomenon 21:16.
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Gifts. Tribute, 2 Paralipomenon 27:5. (Calmet)
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Victories. Protestants, "he strengthened himself exceedingly." (Haydock)
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Corner. Repairing what Joas had demolished, 4 Kings 14:13. (Tirinus)
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Wilderness, for the protection of shepherds, 4 Kings 17:9.
Plains. Hebrew, "valleys, and in the plains husbandmen, and vinedressers in the mountains, and in Carmel; for he loved the earth, or husbandry," like David, 1 Paralipomenon 17:25., etc.
Calmet
Carmel, means, "the vine of God;" as both the mount in Juda, where Nabal resided, and that on the Mediterranean Sea, were famous for wine. Ozias probably cultivated the former mountain. (Calmet)
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Doctor. Hebrew shoter. Septuagint, "judge." Protestants, "ruler." (Haydock)
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The term is commonly understood of one who executes the sentence of the judge. But this employment does not suit a general, (Calmet) though such a one might well command. It many denote any "officer." (Haydock)
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Engines. They are here mentioned for the first time. (Calmet)
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For the. Hebrew, "for he was wonderfully helped till he was established." (Haydock)
Calmet
He invented many things for the defence of his kingdom. (Calmet)
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Azarias. The prophet, who had hitherto kept the king (Haydock) within bounds, was now no more, ver. 5. (Tirinus)
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To thee. For usurping spiritual authority, the king was opposed by the high priest; and God confirmed the sentence of the latter, by striking Ozias with the leprosy; on which account, he was not only cast out of the temple, but also lost his kingdom, being obliged to live apart; (Leviticus 13:46,) and after death, he could not be buried with his ancestors. (Worthington)
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Forehead. So that it could not be concealed. According to the rigour of the law, such an offender was to be slain, Numbers 3:10., and 18:7. The leprosy was considered as equivalent, and is styled destruction, (ver. 16,) and death, Isaias 6:1. (Menochius) See 4 Kings 15:6.
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Prophet. Yet we find little concerning him in the prophecy of Isaias; so that the work has been lost, except what Esdras hath preserved. (Calmet)
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Leper. So much was the disease abhorred, (Calmet) as well as the king's late conduct. (Haydock)
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So long as this king obserued the ordinance of God to be directed by the high priest N•. 27. v 2•. he prospered in his affayres.
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For vsurping spiritual authority which pertayned not to him, the high priest with his assistantes opposed themselues against the king: and God confirmed their sentence, by striking the same king with leprosie. And so he was not only cast out of the temple, but also out of his kingdom, and common conuersation with other men, & forced to dwel in a separet house without the citie according to the law. Leuit. 13. v. 46.
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Neither could he be buried in the propet sepulchres of the kinges.
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John Cassian † AD 435 The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults 11.11
… “And,” we are told, “the name of Uzziah went forth, for the Lord helped him and had strengthened him. But when he was made strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction, and he neglected the Lord his God.”
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St Ignatius of Antioch † AD 108 Epistle to the Magnesians: Shorter and Longer Versions 3
… Korah also, and the two hundred and fifty who conspired with him against Aaron, were destroyed by fire. Absalom, again, who had slain his brother, became suspended on a tree, and had his evil-designing heart thrust through with darts. In like manner was Abeddadan beheaded for the same reason. Uzziah,
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5. OF ZACHARIAS SEEING AND UNDERSTANDING. — This Zacharias was a prophet, as it were the pedagogue of King Ozias, and taught him to worship God religiously. But who was this Zacharias? Hear St. Jerome here in the Tradition: "Zacharias, son of Zacharias, son of Joiada, who was born after his father's death as a posthumous child, took his father's name, is called understanding and seeing: understanding on account of the priesthood, seeing on account of prophecy." Thus he himself. The Hebrews, however, and others read: understanding in the visions of God. But if Zacharias was born after his father's death, he could at this time have been over thirty years old, namely born in the 36th year of the reign of Joas. This Zacharias appears to have had a daughter named Abia, who married King Achaz, from whom he begot King Hezekiah, which Jerome also affirms in that place, nor does the age conflict. Moreover, no prophetic writing of his remains: for he who is read as the penultimate among the minor prophets is easily three hundred years distant from this time. Thus Salianus in the year of the world 3227, no. 3, Cajetan, Dionysius and others.
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10. TOWERS IN THE WILDERNESS, — thus are called villages and rural houses, furnished with towers for the custody of grain, fruits and fields: in which the fruits of the fields are stored, and cattle are stabled, which elsewhere are called "castles." Thus Christ went about through "villages and castles," that is, through the villages and hamlets of rustics, preaching the kingdom of God.
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16. WHEN HE WAS STRENGTHENED, HIS HEART WAS LIFTED UP UNTO HIS DESTRUCTION, AND HE FORSOOK THE LORD HIS GOD. — These words, St. Chrysostom, in homily 3 On the Words of Isaiah, weighing them, notes in them not only the pride of Ozias, but also the cause of the pride indicated. "When," he says, "he was strengthened," or as he himself reads: "When he was powerful, his heart was lifted up;" so that it might be shown that excessive power had generated excessive pride. "He could not bear," he says, "(namely King Ozias) the magnitude of principality; but just as from gluttony is born inflation, from inflation is born fever; then from fever often death: so also here from the eminence of actions was born pride, soon from pride was born the appetite for things not befitting him." Just as therefore Amasias the father, from the conquered Idumea, took courage in proud and foolish thoughts, provoking the king of Israel to war, and therefore was defeated, captured and despoiled; so also his son Azarias, swelling from so many victories over enemies, presumed to arrogate to himself the priestly office, and wished to burn incense to God; but immediately humbled by God, driven from the kingdom and the palace, on account of the unhappy leprosy he drew breath until death.
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18. IT IS NOT THY OFFICE, OZIAS. — Hear St. Chrysostom, homily 4 On the Words of Isaiah: "Behold," he says, "freedom; behold a mind knowing not how to serve; behold a tongue touching the heavens; behold unbridled freedom; behold the body of a man and the mind of an angel; behold one walking on the earth and dwelling in heaven," etc.
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19. AND IMMEDIATELY LEPROSY AROSE IN HIS FOREHEAD; — for leprosy was indeed the punishment of the sacrilegious, and of those who resisted and rebelled against the Pontiff and priests, as this Azarias did. A third plague is added by St. Jerome, Cyril, Origen and Chrysostom in Isaiah cap. vi, 1, to those words: "In the year that King Ozias died, I saw the Lord;" namely, that God, on account of the sin of Ozias, to which certain leading men had consented, deprived the Jews of His oracles, prophecies and spirit, until the death of Ozias. See the remarks there. Finally, the Hebrews in the Seder-Olam think that Ozias was struck with leprosy in the 27th year of his reign, in which also a great earthquake occurred, of which Amos cap. i, vers. 1. But this cannot be said; for then Joatham, who governed the kingdom when his father Ozias was struck with leprosy, had not yet been born. For Joatham was born in the 28th year of Ozias; this is evident from the fact that, his father dying in the 52nd year of his reign, Joatham was 25 years old, as is said in IV Kings xv, 33. Therefore, it is probable that Salianus thinks Ozias was struck with leprosy in the 49th year of his reign, in which Joatham the son of Achaz was born, and in the same year Manahen king of Israel died. The opinion of Abulensis favors this, who thinks that Ozias lived as a leper for four or five years. Moreover, St. Jerome in II Paralipomenon xxix, asserts that Ozias was struck with leprosy in the year in which he died, which was the 52nd year of his reign. Ozias sinned in two ways: first, in that he dared to enter the Holy Place, which it was permitted only for priests to enter; second, in that he burned incense as a priest, when he was a layman, and threatened the Pontiff who resisted him with death, as Josephus says; because therefore he invaded the priesthood, for this reason he lost the kingdom through leprosy: yet the first opinion (namely, that he was struck with leprosy in the 27th year of his reign) is probable, as I have shown in Amos I, 1; for the kingdom could have been administered by the nobles, until Joatham was born and came of age. Let kings learn here not to invade the rights of Pontiffs and priests, lest they be struck by God, as Ozias was struck: concerning which matter Baronius in his Annals everywhere furnishes examples.
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22. BUT THE REST OF THE DEEDS OF OZIAS, etc. ISAIAH WROTE. — This history of the times of Isaiah perished through the injury of time. For in his prophecy he mentions Ozias only twice, namely in cap. vi, 1, already cited, and in cap. xiv, 28, where, restraining the Philistines exulting over the death of Ozias their conqueror: "Rejoice not, he says, thou whole Philistia, because the rod of him that struck thee is broken; for out of the root of the serpent shall come forth a king," namely Hezekiah, the great-grandson of Ozias, who will torment you so much more sharply, as the bite of a king serpent torments more sharply than that of a serpent.
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23. THEY BURIED HIM IN THE FIELD OF THE ROYAL SEPULCHRES, BECAUSE HE WAS A LEPER. — For lepers, as in life, so also in death are separated from the company of others: for leprosy also infects and consumes even corpses. This is the fifth punishment of Ozias for invading the priesthood, that he was buried outside the sepulchres of kings, yet near them, whether outside the city or in the city, namely in Sion the city of David.
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
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Ozias (Azarias; Heb. 'Uzzijjah)
He reconquered and rebuilt the port of Elath, an important commercial center on the Gulf of Elan (II Kings 14:22; II Chron. 26:2), after having brought back under subjection the Edomites, who had rebelled under the reign of Amaziah (v.) (II Kings 14:7). He conducted other successful campaigns against the Moabites, …
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… He also built certain cities and constructed towers and fortresses (II Chron. 26:3 ff.; II Kings 15:35). In the time of this king hostilities against the kingdom of Judah began on the part of the king of Syria, Rezin, and of his ally Phacee (v.), king of Samaria: but …
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Ozias (Azarias; Heb. 'Uzzijjah)
His successes, at home and abroad, were the reward of his zeal for the worship of Yahweh, in which he had been educated by his mother Jecholiah and by a prophet named Zechariah, who was his trusted counselor for many years (II Chron. 29:3, 5). "As long as he sought Yahweh, God made him prosper" (ibid. 26:5). The worship on the high places (bāmāth), however, was not uprooted (II Kings 15:3-4).
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Geth (Hebrew Gath, Akkadian Gimtu, "Winepress")
The Kingdom of Judah claimed it for itself (1 Sam. 7:14; 1 Chron. 8:13; 2 Chron. 11:8; 26:6). David conquered it (2 Sam. 8:1; 1 Chron. 18:1) and had an elite corps of six hundred Gittite warriors (2 Sam. 15:18). Hazael, king of Syria, occupied G. (2 Kings 12:18), …
Jamnia (Heb. Jāhnēl; Gr. Aixinā, Iaxnēl)
… Jähnel; Gk. Αἰξνά, Ιαξνήλ) - A city on the northern borders of Judea (Josh. 15:5), to be identified with Iabnia, a Philistine city dismantled by Uzziah (2 Chron. 26:6) and known in later times as I., when it was the base of the Syrian generals against Judah (1 Macc. 5:58; 10:69; 15:40); it was subdued by Alexander Jannaeus (Antiq. …
Ozias (Azarias; Heb. 'Uzzijjah)
… Kings 14:22; II Chron. 26:2), after having brought back under subjection the Edomites, who had rebelled under the reign of Amaziah (v.) (II Kings 14:7). He conducted other successful campaigns against the Moabites, Philistines, Arabs and Ammonites (II Chron. 26:6-8). A contemporary of King Jeroboam II (v.), he maintained friendly relations with the Kingdom of Israel. …
… the Israelites, but rather there were disputes over borders (cf. 1 Kings 15:27; 16:15); indeed in time the Israelites took the offensive: King Uzziah (8th century) dismantled the cities of Gath and Jabneh and built fortresses in the Philistine region (2 Chron. 26:6 ff.; cf. Amos 6:2), and Hezekiah struck the P. as far as Gaza and throughout all their border (1 Kings 18:8). By the Assyrians the P. too were made tributary; their cities fell into the …
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… These Arabs would have carried out the raid against Joram (2 Chron. 21:16); Uzziah defeated the "Arabs who dwelt in Gurbaal" (2 Chron. 26:7). In A.D. 105 Trajan reduced the kingdom to a Roman province.
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nal "between the gate of Ephraim and the corner gate" and transfers to Samaria the gold, the silver and the precious vessels of the Temple (II Kings 14, 13-14). King Azariah (782) attends to the restoration of the walls, furnishing with towers "the corner gate and the valley gate" (II Chron. 26, 9), but an earthquake once again devastates J. (Am. 1, 1; Zech. 14, 15) and the desolation would have been complete had not Jotham (738) attended to the fortifications, already begun …
Ozias (Azarias; Heb. 'Uzzijjah)
… He organized a strong army, under the orders of able captains such as Maaseiah and Hananiah (II Chron. 26:9-15).
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… The neghebh was ceded to Simeon (Josh. 19:2-7). A fertile territory, famous for its vineyards (Num. 13:13, 25; Song 1:13; II Chron. 26:10; cf. Gen. 49:11 ff.), for its extensive pastures and numerous flocks (I Sam. 25:2; Am. 1:1 ff.). …
Ozias (Azarias; Heb. 'Uzzijjah)
He promoted agriculture with important land-reclamation works, especially in the sectors of sheep-rearing and viticulture, so as to merit the praise of the chronicler: "he loved the soil" (ibid. 26:10). In this way, thanks also to the reactivated trade with the Red Sea through the reconquest of the port of Elath, the kingdom of Judah reached a high degree of prosperity to which …
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Jehiel (Hebrew Jēhī'ēl or Jē'ī'ēl)
Corresponding to the form Jē'ī'ēl (qere), it is the name of one of the "mighty men" in David's army (1 Chron. 11:44), and of a scribe and muster-officer of the army in the time of King Uzziah (2 Chron. 26:11). Angelo Penna
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… Also called P. are Abraham (v.), Isaac (v.), Jacob (v.), and other figures in the Septuagint (cf. 1 Chron. 24:31; 27:22; 2 Chron. 9:8; 23:20; 26:12), and in Acts 7:8, 9; 2:29 the sons of Jacob and David. …
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Azarias (Hebrew: 'Azaryah[û] «Yahweh helps»)
… father of Amariah (ibid. 6:10-11), high priest under King Jehoshaphat (2 Chron. 19:11); he seems to have been high priest under King Asa. A third A. was high priest under Uzziah, whom he energetically prevented from offering incense in the sanctuary (ibid. 26:16-20), and a fourth under Hezekiah (ibid. 31:10-13).
… He was associated in the kingdom by his father Uzziah or Azariah, who was struck with leprosy for having improperly meddled in the affairs of worship (II Chron. 26:16 ff.). …
Ozias (Azarias; Heb. 'Uzzijjah)
… Jud., IX, 10, 4, considerably amplifies and dramatizes the account of II Chron. 26:16 ff.). …
… arrogate to oneself the priestly functions: "the stranger (hae-sār) who draws near (haq-qārēb) shall die" (Num. 3:10); terrible indeed was the punishment of the Levite Korah (v.) and his kinsmen (Num. 16), of the king of Judah Azariah-Uzziah (II Par. 26:16-21). Since the priesthood was hereditary among the "sons of Aaron," to be co-opted among the priests there was required, besides legitimacy of birth, descent from Aaron in an uninterrupted …
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besides a certain quantity of flour and oil. The expiatory sacrifice implies the concept of leprosy regarded as a punishment from God. In the Old Testament (cf. Ex. 4:6; Num. 5:2; 12:10; II Kings 5:1; 7:3; II Chron. 26:20 ff.) and in the New (cf. Mt. 8:2; 10:5; 11:5; 26:6) lepers are often spoken of, and the miraculous healing of some of them is narrated. …
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Sobna (Heb. Šebhnā', LXX Σόφυζε)
SOBNA (Heb. Šebhnā', LXX Σόφυζε). - Steward of the royal house of Judah and prime minister (cf. 2 Chron. 26:21 etc.) in the time of Hezekiah (721-693 B.C.).
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Vulgata Clementina · original Douay-Rheims (Douay 1609-10), transcription by EEBO-TCP (CC0) · La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta dalla Volgata da Antonio Martini (1769-1781) (LaParola (laparola.net), Martini OSIS text, Public domain (LaParola's electronic edition marks it 'Dominio pubblico')). Public domain.