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2 Chronicles 26:21

JothamUzziah
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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.

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.

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.

23 And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings; for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
WEB
Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the LORD’s house. Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
ASV
And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah: and Jotham his son was over the king`s house, judging the people of the land.
DARBY
And Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah. And Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.
BLB
And Uzziah the king was a leper until the day of his death, and He dwelt in isolation in a house of being leprous, for he was cut off from the house of YHWH. And Jotham his son [was] over the house of the king, judging the people of the land.
ÅB
Siden var kong Ussia spedalsk like til sin dødsdag, og han bodde i et hus for seg selv som spedalsk, for han var utelukket fra Herrens hus. Hans sønn Jotam styrte kongens hus og dømte landets folk.
OTB
Kong Ussia var spedalsk til den dagen han døde; og han bodde i et separat hus, som en spedalsk, for han var avskåret fra Herrens hus. Og hans sønn Jotam hadde ansvar for kongens hus, og dømte folket i landet.
B1930
Siden var kong Ussias spedalsk like til sin dødsdag, og han bodde i et hus for sig selv som spedalsk, for han var utelukket fra Herrens hus. Hans sønn Jotam forestod kongens hus og dømte landets folk.

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  • Leviticus 13:46

    As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.

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  • 2 Kings 15:5–7

    And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

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  • 2 Kings 7:3

    Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?

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  • Numbers 12:15

    So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.

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  • Numbers 5:2–3

    “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.

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