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.
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Gill's Exposition
Moreover, Uzziah had an host of fighting men,.... A standing army:
that went out to war by bands; to annoy his enemies, and to scour the country from thieves and robbers, that came in troops to…
Barnes' Notes
He built towers in the desert - Refuges for the flocks and the herdsmen in the wild pasture country on the borders of the holy land, especially toward the south and southeast. Wells - The marginal…
Adam Clarke
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…
We have here an account of two things concerning Uzziah: -
I. His piety. In this he was not very eminent or zealous; yet he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. He kept up the pure…
Cambridge Bible
the desert R.V. the wilderness (where the pastures were: cp. Psa 65:12).
digged many wells R.V. hewed out many cisterns.
both in the low country, and in the plains R.V. in the lowland also, and in the…
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