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2 Chronicles 26:19

Uzziah
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17 Then Azariah the priest, along with eighty brave priests of the LORD, went in after him.

18 They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.”

Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.

20 When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.

21 So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace to govern the people of the land.

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BSB
Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
KJV
Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.
WEB
Then Uzziah was angry. He had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the LORD’s house, beside the altar of incense.
ASV
Then Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy brake forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the altar of incense.
DARBY
And Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the incense altar.
BLB
And Uzziah became furious, and in his hand [was] a censer to burn incense. And in his being angry with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of YHWH, from beside the altar of incense.
ÅB
Da ble Ussia vred. Han holdt et røkelsekar i hånden og ville nettopp til å brenne røkelse; men da hans vrede brøt løs mot prestene, slo spedalskheten ut i hans panne, som han sto der foran prestene i Herrens hus ved røykoffer-alteret.
OTB
Men Ussia, med et røkelseskar i hånden for å brenne røkelse, ble rasende; og mens han var sint på prestene, brøt spedalskhet ut på hans panne foran prestene i Herrens hus, ved siden av røkelsesalteret.
B1930
Da blev Ussias vred. Han holdt et røkelsekar i hånden og vilde nettop til å brenne røkelse; men da hans vrede brøt løs mot prestene, slo spedalskheten ut i hans panne, som han stod der foran prestene i Herrens hus ved røkoffer-alteret.

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  • Numbers 12:10

    As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,

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  • 2 Chronicles 25:16

    While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”

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  • 2 Kings 5:25–27

    When Gehazi went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Gehazi, where have you been?” “Your servant did not go anywhere,” he replied.

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  • 2 Chronicles 16:10

    Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.

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