2 Chronicles 26 — Uzziah’s strength and forbidden incense offering — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Chapter 26 — Uzziah’s strength and forbidden incense offering
Uzziah’s accession
Verse 26:1 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:1] All Judah's people took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:1] All the people of the land took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew identifies Judah's people; Greek says the people of the land. Both give sixteen years.
Verse 26:2 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:2] He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after the king lay down with his fathers.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:2] He built Ailath; he restored it to Judah after the king fell asleep with his fathers.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Greek repeats the explicit subject he; both place the city's restoration after the preceding king's death.
Verse 26:3 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:3] Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:3] Uzziah became king at sixteen years of age, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Chalia from Jerusalem.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The mother's name differs; both retain the same accession age and fifty-two-year reign.
Verse 26:4 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:4] He did what was right in YHWH's eyes, in everything that his father Amaziah had done.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:4] He did what was right before the Lord, according to everything his father Amaziah had done.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both compare his conduct with his father's.
Verse 26:5 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:5] He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed in the visions of God. In the days when he sought YHWH, God made him prosper.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:5] He sought the Lord in the days of Zacharias, who understood the fear of the Lord. In his days he sought the Lord, and the Lord made him prosper.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew's difficult seeing-of-God expression is rendered visions of God; Greek has fear of the Lord. Hebrew varies God and YHWH and ties prosperity to seeking; Greek uses Lord throughout and has in his days.
Military strength and building works
Verse 26:6 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:6] He went out and fought the Philistines. He broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities in Ashdod and among the Philistines.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:6] He went out and fought the foreigners. He pulled down Geth's walls, Jabne's walls, and Azotus's walls, and built cities of Azotus and among the foreigners.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Greek uses plural walls and its customary foreigners designation for Philistines; the three urban targets agree.
Verse 26:7 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:7] God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:7] The Lord strengthened him against the foreigners, against the Arabs living on the rock, and against the Minaeans.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew's Gur-baal becomes the rock in Greek; God helped becomes the Lord strengthened, and Meunites appears as Minaeans.
Verse 26:8 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:8] The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his name spread as far as Egypt's entrance, because he became exceedingly strong.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:8] The Minaeans gave gifts to Uzziah, and his name reached as far as Egypt's entrance, because he grew exceedingly strong.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The tribute-givers are Ammonites in Hebrew, Minaeans in Greek.
Verse 26:9 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:9] Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the Angle, and strengthened them.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:9] Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem, at the Corner Gate, the Ravine Gate, and at the corners, and grew strong.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew has one Angle and explicitly strengthens the towers; Greek has plural corners and a final intransitive grew strong.
Verse 26:10 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:10] He built towers in the wilderness and hewed many cisterns, because he had much livestock, also in the lowland and the plain. He had farmers and vinedressers in the mountains and the fertile land, for he loved the soil.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:10] He built towers in the wilderness and hewed many cisterns, because he had many herds in Sephela and the plain, and vinedressers in the hill country and Carmel, for he loved farming.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Greek has no separate farmers, treats Sephela and Carmel as place-names, and describes love of farming; Hebrew speaks of love of the soil.
Verse 26:11 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:11] Uzziah had an army that waged war, going out to service by divisions according to their muster, recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under Hananiah, one of the king's princes.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:11] Uzziah had forces that waged war and went out to battle array by number. Their number was recorded by Iiel the scribe and Maasaias the judge under Ananias, the king's deputy.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew calls Maaseiah an officer and Hananiah one of the princes; Greek calls them judge and royal deputy or successor. Greek replaces the division-and-muster expression with repeated numbering.
Verse 26:12 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:12] The total number of ancestral heads over the mighty warriors was two thousand six hundred.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:12] The total number of ancestral rulers mighty for war was two thousand six hundred.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both give two thousand six hundred ancestral leaders.
Verse 26:13 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:13] Under their command was an army of three hundred seven thousand five hundred, waging war with mighty strength to help the king against the enemy.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:13] With them was a fighting force of three hundred seven thousand five hundred, waging war with mighty strength to help the king against his adversaries.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Hebrew places the army under the leaders' hand; Greek says with them. The total agrees.
Verse 26:14 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:14] Uzziah prepared for them, for the whole army, shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:14] Uzziah prepared for them, for the whole force, large shields, spears, helmets, breastplates, bows, and slings for stones.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew supplies slingstones; Greek explicitly supplies the slings for stones. The rest of the equipment list closely corresponds.
Verse 26:15 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:15] In Jerusalem he made devices designed by a craftsman to stand on the towers and corners for shooting arrows and large stones. His name went out far and wide, for he was wonderfully helped until he grew strong.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:15] In Jerusalem he made machines devised by a designer to stand on the towers and corners for shooting missiles and large stones. Their construction was heard of far away, for he was wonderfully helped until he grew strong.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew spreads the king's name; Greek spreads news of the devices' construction. Their exact engineering design is not specified by either text.
The forbidden incense offering
Verse 26:16 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:16] But when he grew strong, his heart became proud to his destruction. He acted unfaithfully against YHWH his God and entered YHWH's temple to burn incense on the incense altar.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:16] But when he grew strong, his heart was lifted up to destruction. He acted unjustly against the Lord his God and entered the Lord's sanctuary to burn incense on the incense altar.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Both make pride after strengthening lead to unauthorized incense offering; the verbs describe unfaithfulness and wrongdoing, respectively.
Verse 26:17 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:17] Azariah the priest entered after him, with eighty priests of YHWH, valiant men.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:17] Azarias the priest entered after him, with eighty priests of the Lord, mighty men.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both give the priest's name and eighty courageous accompanying priests.
Verse 26:18 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:18] They stood against King Uzziah and said to him, “Uzziah, burning incense to YHWH belongs to the priests, Aaron's sons, who are consecrated to burn incense; it does not belong to you. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully. This will bring you no honor from YHWH God.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:18] They stood against King Uzziah and said to him, “Uzziah, burning incense to the Lord belongs to the priests, Aaron's sons, who are sanctified to burn incense; it does not belong to you. Leave the sanctuary, for you have departed from the Lord. This will bring you no glory from the Lord God.”
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew charges unfaithfulness without repeating a divine name; Greek explicitly charges departure from the Lord. Both reserve the incense rite to Aaron's consecrated descendants.
Verse 26:19 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:19] Uzziah became angry, holding a censer in his hand to burn incense. As he raged against the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in YHWH's house, beside the incense altar.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:19] Uzziah became angry, holding the censer in his hand to burn incense in the sanctuary. As he raged against the priests, leprosy rose on his forehead before the priests in the Lord's house, above the incense altar.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Greek explicitly adds in the sanctuary to the intended incense offering. Hebrew's altar-relative expression is rendered beside, Greek above. Leprosy retains the ancient category and is not identified with a specific modern diagnosis.
Verse 26:20 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:20] Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned toward him: there he was, leprous on his forehead. They hurried him away from there, and he himself also hastened to leave, because YHWH had struck him.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:20] The chief priest and the priests turned toward him: there he was, leprous on his forehead. They hurried him from there, and he himself also hurried to leave, because the Lord had rebuked him.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Greek lacks Azariah's name and all, and says the Lord rebuked rather than struck him.
Exclusion and succession
Verse 26:21 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:21] King Uzziah remained leprous until the day of his death. He lived leprous in a separate house, for he was cut off from YHWH's house. His son Jotham was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:21] King Uzziah remained leprous until the day of his death. He lived leprous in a house of apphousoth, for he was separated from the Lord's house. His son Jotham was over his kingdom, judging the people of the land.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew's house of freedom is provisionally rendered separate house; Greek borrows the designation as apphousoth. Jotham oversees the royal house in Hebrew and the kingdom in Greek.
Verse 26:22 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:22] The rest of Uzziah's acts, first and last, were written by Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:22] The rest of Uzziah's acts, first and last, were written by Jessias the prophet.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Greek gives Jessias without the Hebrew patronymic son of Amoz. The name is retained as displayed.
Verse 26:23 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 26:23] Uzziah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the burial field belonging to the kings, for they said, “He is leprous.” His son Jotham reigned in his place.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 26:23] Uzziah fell asleep with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the kings' burial, for they said, “He is leprous.” His son Jotham reigned in his place.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both distinguish the burial field, explain it by his condition, and name his successor.