2 Chronicles 26:19-23

26:19 Uzziah, who had an incense censer in his hand, became angry. While he was ranting and raving ¹  at the priests, a skin disease ²  appeared on his forehead right there in front of the priests in the Lord’s temple near the incense altar. 26:20 When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at ³  him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king ⁴  himself wanted to leave quickly because the Lord had afflicted him. 26:21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ⁵  afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the Lord’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

26:22 The rest of the events of Uzziah’s reign, from start to finish, were recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. ⁶  26:23 Uzziah passed away ⁷  and was buried near his ancestors ⁸  in a cemetery ⁹  belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.) ¹⁰  His son Jotham replaced him as king.

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¹ tn Heb “angry.”

² tn Traditionally “leprosy,” but this was probably a skin disorder of some type, not leprosy (technically known today as Hansen’s disease). See 2 Kgs 5:1.

³ tn Heb “turned toward.”

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn The precise meaning of בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhafshiyt, “house of [?]”) is uncertain. NASB, NIV, NRSV all have “in a separate house”; NEB has “in his own house…relieved of all duties.” For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.

⁶ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Uzziah, the former and the latter, Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, recorded.”

⁷ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁸ tn Heb “fathers.”

⁹ tn Heb “a field of burial.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “for they said, ‘He had a skin disease.’”