2 Chronicles 26:10

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The text describes King Uzziah’s administrative actions following his fortification of Jerusalem, detailing his infrastructure and agricultural management across the kingdom.

The words — The verb וַיִּבֶן (va.yi.ven), "and he built," governs מִגְדָּלִים (migdalim), "towers," while וַיַּחְצֹב (va.yach.tso), "and he dug," governs בֹּרוֹת (borot), "wells."

The thread — The passage parallels agricultural and infrastructural themes found in Genesis 26:18, Isaiah 29:17, and 2 Kings 3:4.

Why it lands — The verse first records the plain facts of royal resource development before any theological or historical inference about national prosperity is applied.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Genesis 26:18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
Isaiah 29:17 In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
2 Kings 3:4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
2 Kings 19:23 Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.
1 Chronicles 27:26 Ezri son of Chelub was in charge of the workers in the fields who tilled the soil.