2 Chronicles 26:19 BSB

2 Chronicles 26:19

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.

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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.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Cyprian

Treatise I. On the Unity of the Church 18 (258)

When King Uzziah carried a censer and violently took on himself to sacrifice, against the law of God, and refused to submit or give place, despite the opposition of Azariah the priest, he was confounded by God's indignation and defiled with the markings of leprosy on his forehead, branded by the Lord's anger on that part of the body on which those who win the Lord's favor are sealed.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

His forehead - So that he could not hide his shame: though it is probable it was also in the rest of his body. From beside - By a stroke from an invisible hand coming from the altar; that he might be assured this was the effect of God's displeasure.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

If presumptuous men will not be made to see their error by the judgments of God's mouth, they shall be made to see it by the judgments of his hand. It evinced some religious fear of God in the heart of this king, even in the midst of his transgression, that, as soon as he found God was angry with him, he not only let fall his attempt, but retired with the utmost precipitation.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּזְעַף֙	vai.yiz.'Af	and he was enraged	H2196 →
עֻזִּיָּ֔הוּ	'u.zi.Ya.hu	Uzziah	H5818 →
וּבְיָד֥וֹ	u.ve.ya.Do	and [was] in hand his	H3027 →
מִקְטֶ֖רֶת	mik.Te.ret	a censer	H4730 →
לְהַקְטִ֑יר	le.hak.Tir	to make smoke	H6999 →
וּבְזַעְפּ֣וֹ	u.ve.za'.Po	and when enraging he	H2196 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים	ha.ko.ha.Nim	the priests	H3548 →
וְ֠הַצָּרַעַת	Ve.ha.tza.ra.'at	and <the> skin disease	H6883 →
זָרְחָ֨ה	za.re.Chah	it arose	H2224 →
בְמִצְח֜וֹ	ve.mitz.Cho	on forehead his	H4696 →
לִפְנֵ֤י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙	ha.ko.ha.Nim	the priests	H3548 →
בְּבֵ֣ית	be.Veit	in [the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מֵעַ֖ל	me.'Al	from on	H5921 →
לְמִזְבַּ֥ח	le.miz.Bach	to [the] altar of	H4196 →
הַקְּטֹֽרֶת׃	ha.ke.To.ret	<the> incense	H7004 →

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Through
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,
leads to
- Deuteronomy 24:9
  Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.
- 2 Kings 5:27
  Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.
- 2 Chronicles 26:19–21
  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…
- Exodus 4:6
  Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.
- 2 Kings 15:5
  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…
Through
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.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 18:26
  and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
- Jeremiah 51:34
  “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies…
- 2 Samuel 12:31
  David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all…

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