2 Chronicles 26 Footnotes

26:3 Uzziah became coregent in 792 BC. Beginning in 767 BC, he ruled in his own right until 740 BC.

26:15 Some have interpreted these “devices” to be catapults used to throw arrows and stones. However, such weapons were not otherwise known until 400 BC. Ancient murals of the siege of Lachish (shortly after Uzziah’s time) show defensive constructs on the walls, wooden frameworks holding shields in place, protecting archers and other defenders (Yigdal Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands). This appears to be the best explanation for this verse.

26:21 Uzziah’s quarantine was required by Mosaic law (Lv 13:46; Nm 5:1-14; 12:15). His disease required his son to be appointed as coregent.

26:22 The Chronicler’s source is not the canonical book of Isaiah, but some other record. We know that Isaiah had a government position and had access to government records, as well as being an eyewitness to Uzziah’s reign. It was in the year that Uzziah died that Isaiah was called by the Lord to become his prophet (Is 6:1).