2 Chronicles 26:20

When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned towards him, lo! he, was leprous, in his forehead, so they hastened him from thence,—yea, even he himself, hurried to go out, because Yahweh had smitten him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.

In Context

19Then was Uzziah wroth, and, in his hand, was a censer, to burn incense,—and, when he was wroth with the priests, a leprosy, shot forth in his forehead, before the priests, in the house of Yahweh, from off the altar of incense.

21And it came to pass that, Uzziah the king, was a leper until the day of his death, and dwelt in a house apart—a leper, for he was cut off from the house of Yahweh,—and, Jotham his son, was over the house of the king, judging the people of the land.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:34When ye enter into the land of Canaan which I am about to give you for a possession,—and I put a plague-mark of leprosy in a house, of the land of your possession,

Deuteronomy 28:35Yahweh, will smite thee, with a grievous boil, upon the knees and upon the legs, of which thou canst not be healed,—from the sole of thy foot even unto the crown of thy head.

Esther 6:12Then Mordecai returned unto the gate of the king,—but, Haman, hurried unto his own house, mourning, and with covered head.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 26:17-23

Uzziah's Sin and Punishment. ( b. c. 763.) 16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense. 17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord , that were valiant men: 18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord , but to the priests the sons of Aaron,… Read the whole commentary →

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