2 Chronicles 26:20 BSB

2 Chronicles 26:20

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.

BSB

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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.

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Death was denounced by the Law against those who invaded the office of the priest; and death had been the actual punishment of Korah and his company. Uzziah feared lest from him also the extreme penalty should be exacted, and therefore hasted to quit the sacred building where his bare presence was a capital crime.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Thrust - Not by force, which needed not, for he voluntarily hasted away, as it follows; but by vehement persuasions and denunciations of God's farther judgments upon him, if he did not depart.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּ֣פֶן	vai.Yi.fen	and he turned	H6437 →
אֵלָ֡יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
עֲזַרְיָהוּ֩	'a.zar.ya.Hu	Azariah	H5838 →
כֹהֵ֨ן	kho.Hen	[the] priest of	H3548 →
הָרֹ֜אשׁ	ha.Rosh	the head	H7218 →
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים	ha.ko.ha.Nim	the priests	H3548 →
וְהִנֵּה־	ve.hi.neh-	and there!	H2009 →
ה֤וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
מְצֹרָע֙	me.tzo.Ra'	[was] leprous	H6879 →
בְּמִצְח֔וֹ	be.mitz.Cho	on forehead his	H4696 →
וַיַּבְהִל֖וּהוּ	vai.yav.hi.Lu.hu	and they hastened him	H926 →
מִשָּׁ֑ם	mi.Sham	from there	H8033 →
וְגַם־	ve.gam-	and also	H1571 →
הוּא֙	hu'	he	H1931 →
נִדְחַ֣ף	nid.Chaf	he hurried himself	H1765 →
לָצֵ֔את	la.Tzet	to go out	H3318 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
נִגְּע֖וֹ	ni.ge.'O	he had struck him	H5060 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- Amos 4:9
  “I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
- Leviticus 26:16
  then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed…
- Haggai 2:17
  I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.
- 1 Kings 8:37
  When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
Through
Esther 6:12
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 15:30
  But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up,…
- Jeremiah 14:3–4
  The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
Through
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.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:27
  The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
Through
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,
leads to
- Genesis 17:8
  And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

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