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2 Chronicles 26:20

Azariah
Shame

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.”

19 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.

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.

22 As for the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from beginning to end, they are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
WEB
Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead; and they thrust him out quickly from there. Indeed, he himself also hurried to go out, because the LORD had struck him.
ASV
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because Jehovah had smitten him.
DARBY
And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked upon him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; even he himself hasted to go out, because Jehovah had smitten him.
BLB
And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he [was] leprous on his forehead, and they rushed him out of that place. And indeed, he hurried to get out, because YHWH had struck him.
ÅB
Og da ypperstepresten Asarja og alle prestene vendte seg mot ham, så de at han var spedalsk på pannen. Da drev de ham i hast bort derfra; og selv skyndte han seg også å komme ut, for Herren hadde slått ham.
OTB
Asarja, overpresten, og alle prestene så på ham, og se, han var spedalsk på pannen; og de skyndte seg å føre ham ut derfra, og han selv skyndte seg også å forlate stedet, fordi Herren hadde rammet ham.
B1930
Og da ypperstepresten Asarja og alle prestene vendte sig mot ham, så de at han var spedalsk på pannen. Da drev de ham i hast bort derfra; og selv skyndte han sig også å komme ut, for Herren hadde slått ham.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 28:35

    The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

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  • Leviticus 14:34

    “When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a contamination of mildew into a house in that land,

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  • Esther 6:12

    Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:22

    The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.

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