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.
Parallel translations
- 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 Yahweh’s house. Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging 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.
- NKJV King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He dwelt in an isolated house, because he was a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord. Then Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
- NASB King Uzziah had leprosy to the day of his death; and he lived in a separate house, afflicted as he was with leprosy, for he was cut off from the house of the Lord. And his son Jotham was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
- NLT So King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in isolation in a separate house, for he was excluded from the Temple of the Lord. His son Jotham was put in charge of the royal palace, and he governed the people of the land.
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Quick answer
Uzziah remained a leper until death, living in isolation and cut off from the temple, while his son Jotham governed. His pride cost him communion with God's house and his royal duties.
Overview
The once-mighty king spent his final years in quarantine, excluded from worship and effectively from rule. His son Jotham administered the kingdom in his place. The reign that flourished while he sought God ended in isolation, a sober testimony that pride brings a fall and separates from God's presence, the very breach Christ came to heal.
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Cross-references · 5
- Lev 13:46As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.
- Num 12:15So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.
- Num 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.
- 2 Kgs 15:5–7And 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.
- 2 Kgs 7:3Now 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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