2 Chronicles 26:21
And 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.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
22Now, the rest of the story of Uzziah, first and last, hath Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, written.
Cross References
Numbers 5:2Command the sons of Israel, that they send forth out of the camp, every leper, and every one that hath a flux,—and every one that is unclean by the dead:
Numbers 12:15So Miriam shut herself up, outside the camp, for seven days,—and, the people, set not forward, until Miriam had been received back.
2 Kings 15:5And Yahweh smote the king, so that he became a leper, until the day of his death, and dwelt in a lazar-house,—and, Jotham, son of the king, was over the house, judging the people of the land.
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 →