Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah,.... Of this and the three following verses, see the notes on Kg2 14:21 where Uzziah is called Azariah. See Gill on Kg2 14:21, Kg2 14:22, Kg2 15:2, Kg2 15:3 2 Chronicles 26:5 ch2 26:5 ch2 26:5 ch2 26:5And he sought God in the days of Zechariah,.... Not that Zechariah, the last of the prophets save one, he lived three hundred years after this; nor he that Joash slew; but, as it may seem, a son of his, perhaps the same with him in Isa 8:2, who had understanding in the visions of God: who either had prophetic visions granted to him, or had divine wisdom to interpret such that others had; or, as others think, had a gift of interpreting the prophecies of others, the writings of Moses and David, &c. to which the Targum seems to agree; which paraphrases it,"who taught in the fear of the Lord;''with which agree the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions; some copies read "in the fear of God"; as an ancient manuscript mentioned by Junius, and so the Talmud (l): and, as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper; in his kingdom, and against his enemies; even so long as he abode by the word, worship, and ordinances of God, of which instances are given, as follow. (l) Vid. Buxtorf. Lex. in rad.