He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers.
Parallel translations
- WEB He built Elath, and restored it to Judah. After that the king slept with his fathers.
- KJV He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
- BSB Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
- NASB He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king lay down with his fathers.
- NLT After his father’s death, Uzziah rebuilt the town of Elath and restored it to Judah.
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Azariah rebuilt and restored Elath to Judah after his father's death.
Overview
This note of Azariah's rebuilding of the strategic port of Elath previews the prosperity and strength of his long reign. It signals a recovery of Judah's fortunes under God's continued patience. Such revival, however, never fully cured the nation's deeper spiritual ailments, which persisted in the unremoved high places.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Kgs 16:6At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and lived there, to this day.
- 1 Kgs 9:26King Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
- Deut 2:8So we passed by from our brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
- 2 Chr 8:17Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
- 2 Chr 26:2He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
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