2 Chronicles 26:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Some of his skilled workers invented machines that could shoot arrows and sling large stones. Uzziah set these up in Jerusalem at his defence towers and at the corners of the city wall. God helped Uzziah become more and more powerful, and he was famous all over the world.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 2:14

His mother was from the Israelite tribe of Dan, and his father was from Tyre. Not only is Huram an expert at working with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, but he can also make coloured cloth and fine linen. And he can carve anything if you give him a pattern to follow. He can help your workers and those hired by your father King David.

2 Chronicles 2:7

Send me a worker who can not only carve, but who can work with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as make brightly-coloured cloth. The person you send will work here in Judah and Jerusalem with the skilled workers that my father has already hired.

2 Chronicles 26:14

Uzziah supplied his army with shields, spears, helmets, armour, bows, and stones used for slinging.

2 Chronicles 26:16

Uzziah became proud of his power, and this led to his downfall. One day, Uzziah disobeyed the LORD his God by going into the temple and burning incense as an offering to him.

Isaiah 29:14

So once again I will do things that shock and amaze them, and I will destroy the wisdom of those who claim to know and understand.”

Habakkuk 1:5

Look and be amazed at what's happening among the nations! Even if you were told, you would never believe what's taking place now.

Matthew 4:24

News about him spread all over Syria, and people with every kind of sickness or disease were brought to him. Some of them had a lot of demons in them, others were thought to be mad, and still others could not walk. But Jesus healed them all.

Deuteronomy 20:20

You may need wood to make ladders and towers to help you get over the walls and capture the town. But use only trees that you know are not fruit trees.