2 Chronicles 26:16-23

Pride Is Uzziah's Undoing

16 But ¹when he became strong, his heart was so proud that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for ²he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

17 Then ³Azariah the priest entered after him and with him eighty priests of the LORD, valiant men.

18 ⁴They opposed Uzziah the king and said to him, "⁵It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, ⁶but for the priests, the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful and will have no honor from the LORD God."

19 But Uzziah, with a censer in his hand for burning incense, was enraged; and while he was enraged with the priests, ⁷the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, beside * the altar of incense.

20 Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he was leprous on his forehead; and they hurried him out of there, and he himself also hastened to get out because the LORD had smitten him.

21 ⁸King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death; and he lived in ⁹a separate 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.

22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first to last, the prophet ¹⁰Isaiah, the son of Amoz, has written.

23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers ¹¹in the field of the grave which belonged to the kings, for they said, "He is a leper." And Jotham his son became king in his place.

2 Chronicles 26:16-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 26

This chapter relates the good reign of Uzziah, 2Ch 26:1-5, his wars and victories, his buildings, the number of his soldiers, and his military stores, 2Ch 26:6-15, his invasion of the priest's office, in attempting to offer incense, for which he was smitten with a leprosy, which continued to his death, 2Ch 26:16-23.

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Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 32:15; 2 Chronicles 25:19
• 2. 1 Kings 13:1-4
• 3. 1 Chronicles 6:10
• 4. 2 Chronicles 19:2
• 5. Numbers 3:10; Numbers 16:39, 40
• 6. Exodus 30:7, 8
• 7. 2 Kings 5:25-27
• 8. 2 Kings 15:5-7
• 9. Leviticus 13:46
• 10. Isaiah 1:1
• 11. 2 Chronicles 21:20; 2 Chronicles 28:27; Isaiah 6:1

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "lifted up"