Discovery Box2 Chronicles 26:21 
Context26:21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, 1 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.
2 Chronicles 26:23--27:1
Context26:23 Uzziah passed away 2 and was buried near his ancestors 3 in a cemetery 4 belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.) 5 His son Jotham replaced him as king.
Jotham’s Reign
27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 6 His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
1 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.
2 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
3 tn Heb “fathers.”
4 tn Heb “a field of burial.”
5 tn Heb “for they said, ‘He had a skin disease.’”
6 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
