2 Chronicles 26:20

26:20 When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king himself wanted to leave quickly because the Lord had afflicted him.

2 Chronicles 26:23

26:23 Uzziah passed away and was buried near his ancestors in a cemetery belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.) His son Jotham replaced him as king.


tn Heb “turned toward.”

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

tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

tn Heb “fathers.”

tn Heb “a field of burial.”

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