2 Chronicles 26 · Verse 10

2 Chronicles 26:10

Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

2 Chronicles 26:10, King James Version

2 Chronicles 26:10 in other translations

BSB	Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
WEB	He built towers in the wilderness, and dug out many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the lowlands and in the plains. He had farmers and vineyard keepers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields, for he loved farming.
ASV	And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.
YLT	and he buildeth towers in the wilderness, and diggeth many wells, for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plain, husbandmen and vine-dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel; for he was a lover of the ground.
DARBY	And he built towers in the desert and digged many cisterns; for he had much cattle, both in the lowland and on the plateau, husbandmen also and vinedressers on the mountains and in Carmel; for he loved husbandry.
BBE	And he put up towers in the waste land and made places for storing water, for he had much cattle, in the low hills and in the table land; and he had farmers and vine-keepers in the mountains and in the fertile land, for he was a lover of farming.
Webster	Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had many cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine-dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

What does 2 Chronicles 26:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10. Also he built towers in the desert--for the threefold purpose of defense, of observation, and of shelter to his cattle. He dug also a great many wells, for he loved and encouraged all branches of agriculture. Some of these "were in the desert," that is, in the district to the southeast of Jerusalem, on the west of the Dead Sea, an extensive grazing district "in the low country" lying between the mountains of Judah and the Mediterranean; "and in the plains," east of the Jordan, within the territory of Reuben (De 4:43; Jos 20:8). in Carmel--This mountain, being within the boundary of Israel, did not belong to Uzziah; and as it is here placed in opposition to the vine-bearing mountains, it is probably used, not as a proper name, but to signify, as the word denotes, "fruitful fields" (Margin). 2Ch 26:11-15. His Host, and Engines of War.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 10 Built towers in the desert - For the defense of his flocks, and his shepherds and husbandmen. And in Carmel - Calmet remarks that there were two Carmels in Judea: one in the tribe of Judah, where Nabal lived, and the other on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near to Kishon; and both fertile in vines. He loved husbandry - This is a perfection in a king: on husbandry every state depends. Let their trade or commerce be what they may, there can be no true national prosperity if agriculture do not prosper; for the king himself is served by the field. When, therefore, the king of a country encourages agriculture, an emulation is excited among his subjects; the science is cultivated; and the earth yields its proper increase; then, should trade and commerce fail, the people cannot be reduced to wretchedness, because there is plenty of bread.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 26:1-15

As long as Uzziah sought the Lord, and minded religion, God made him to prosper. Those only prosper whom God makes to prosper; for prosperity is his gift. Many have owned, that as long as they sought the Lord, and kept close to their duty, they prospered; but when they forsook God, every thing went cross. God never continues either to bless the indolent or to withhold his blessing from the diligent. He will never…

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2 Chronicles 26:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּ֨בֶןvai.Yi.venand he builtH1129

מִגְדָּלִ֜יםmig.da.LimtowersH4026

בַּמִּדְבָּ֗רba.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057

וַיַּחְצֹב֙vai.yach.Tzoand he dugH2672

בֹּר֣וֹתbo.RotwellsH953

רַבִּ֔יםra.BimmanyH7227

כִּ֤יkiforH3588

מִקְנֶה\־mik.neh-livestockH4735

רַּב֙ravmuchH7227

הָ֣יָהHa.yahit belongedH1961

ל֔וֹloto <the> him

וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֖הu.va.she.fe.Lahand in the ShephelahH8219

וּבַמִּישׁ֑וֹרu.va.mi.Shorand in the plainH4334

אִכָּרִ֣ים'i.ka.RimfarmersH406

וְכֹֽרְמִ֗יםve.kho.re.Mimand vinedressersH3755

בֶּהָרִים֙be.ha.Rimin the mountainsH2022

וּבַכַּרְמֶ֔לu.va.kar.Meland in the orchardsH3759

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588

אֹהֵ֥ב'o.HevlovingH157

אֲדָמָ֖ה'a.da.Mah[the] groundH127

הָיָֽה\׃\ \סha.Yahhe wasH1961

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 26:10

Isaiah 29:17
Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
Genesis 26:18-21
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
2 Kings 19:23
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
1 Chronicles 27:26-31
And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub: And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite: And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baal–hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash: And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: …
2 Kings 3:4
And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

digged many wells. or, cut out many cisterns.
Ge 26:18-21
he had much.
2Ki 3:4; 1Ch 27:26-31
Carmel. or, fruitful fields.
2Ki 19:23; Isa 29:17
husbandry. Heb.ground.

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Context

2 Chronicles 26:9
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
2 Chronicles 26:10
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
2 Chronicles 26:11
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.

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2 Chronicles 26:10 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Asimismo edificó torres en el desierto, y abrió muchas cisternas: porque tuvo muchos ganados, así en los valles como en las vegas; y viñas, y labranzas, así en los montes como en los llanos fértiles; porque era amigo de la agricultura.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	et il bâtit des tours dans le désert, et creusa beaucoup de puits, car il avait beaucoup de bétail dans le pays plat et sur le plateau, et des laboureurs et des vignerons dans les montagnes et en Carmel; car il aimait la campagne.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und er baute Türme in der Wüste und grub viele Cisternen; denn er hatte viel Vieh, sowohl in der Niederung als auch in der Ebene, und Ackerleute und Weingärtner im Gebirge und im Fruchtgefilde; denn er liebte den Ackerbau.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	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.