2 Chronicles 26:23
in 2 Chronicles 26And 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
KJV
So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 26
Commentary
7 notes on this verseSo Uzziah slept with his fathers,.... Died as they did, the same year, according to Dr. Lightfoot (e), in which he was smitten with the leprosy; and in the year of his death it was Isaiah had the vision related in Isa 6:1, &c. and they buried him with his fathers; See Gill on 2Ki 15:7. (e) Works, vol. 1. p. 99.
This site's exposition
they said, He is a leper
Uzziah is buried in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings but not in the sepulchres of the kings themselves, because they said, He is a leper, so the disgrace outlives him even into the ground. Barnes notes that the law separated the leper from his fellows in life, and Jewish practice kept him separate in death as well. Jotham his son reigned in his stead, closing a reign the Chronicler has measured, like every reign in the book, by whether the king sought the Lord.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
For what was Ozias doing out of place, when offering incense to Almighty God? ...Yea, further, what were those domineering demons, who were truly proclaiming the Lord Jesus God? But every one who meddles with other people's business, is outlawed by the Word of God; …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The disgrace survived him; for, when he was dead, they would not bury him in the sepulchres of the kings because he was a leper, which stained all his other glory. It was a punishment that answered the sin as face does face in a glass.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
In the field of the burial - i. e. in the same piece of ground, but in a separate sepulchre. As the Law separated off the leper from his fellows during life Lev 13:46, so Jewish feeling required that he should remain separate even in death.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
they buried him . . . in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings--He was interred not in, but near, the sepulcher of the kings, as the corpse of a leper would have polluted it.
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They buried him - in the field of the burial - As he was a leper, he was not permitted to be buried in the common burial-place of the kings; as it was supposed that even a place of sepulture must be defiled by the body of one who had died of this most afflictive and dangerous malady.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב | vaiyishkav | and he lay down | H7901 → | 212 times |
| עֻזִּיָּ֜הוּ | ʾuziyahu | Uzziah | H5818 → | 27 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֗יו | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּ | vaiyikberu | and people buried | H6912 → | 133 times |
| אֹת֤וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲבֹתָיו֙ | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| בִּשְׂדֵ֤ה | bisdeh | in [the] field of | H7704 → | 334 times |
| הַקְּבוּרָה֙ | hakevurah | <the> grave | H6900 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לַמְּלָכִ֔ים | lamelakhim | [belonged] to the kings | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אָמְר֖וּ | ʾameru | they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מְצוֹרָ֣ע | metzora' | [was] leprous | H6879 → | 20 times |
| ה֑וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| יוֹתָ֥ם | yotam | Jotham | H3147 → | 24 times |
| בְּנ֖וֹ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פ | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨בand he lay down
vaiyishkavH7901 →212 times
עֻזִּיָּ֜הוּUzziah
ʾuziyahuH5818 →27 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲבֹתָ֗יוancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 times
וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּand people buried
vaiyikberuH6912 →133 times
אֹת֤וֹ<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲבֹתָיו֙ancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 times
בִּשְׂדֵ֤הin [the] field of
bisdehH7704 →334 times
הַקְּבוּרָה֙<the> grave
hakevurahH6900 →
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לַמְּלָכִ֔ים[belonged] to the kings
lamelakhimH4428 →2525 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
אָמְר֖וּthey said
ʾameruH559 →5305 times
מְצוֹרָ֣ע[was] leprous
metzora'H6879 →20 times
ה֑וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְand he became king
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
יוֹתָ֥םJotham
yotamH3147 →24 times
בְּנ֖וֹson his
benoH1121 →4930 times
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פin place of him
tachtavH8478 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 6:1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
it leads to
- John 12:41
Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
- Revelation 15:8
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
- Revelation 7:15–17
For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
- Psalms 113:5
Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?
- Daniel 7:9
As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool.…
- John 12:41
Through
2 Chronicles 21:20Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 24:25
And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 22:18
Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas,…
- 2 Chronicles 24:25
Through
2 Chronicles 28:27And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his…
it leads to
- Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 10:7
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, The Letters, Letter VIII.