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BrLXXΚαὶ Ὀζίας ὁ βασιλεὺς ἦν λεπρὸς ἕως ἡμέρας τῆς τελευτῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν οἴκῳ ἀπφουσὼθ ἐκάθητο λεπρὸς, ὅτι ἀπεσχίσθη ἀπὸ οἴκου Κυρίου· καὶ Ἰωάθαν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ κρίνων τὸν λαὸν τῆς γῆς. (Kai Ozias ho basileus aʸn lepros heōs haʸmeras taʸs teleutaʸs autou, kai en oikōi apfousōth ekathaʸto lepros, hoti apesⱪisthaʸ apo oikou Kuriou; kai Yōathan ho huios autou epi taʸs basileias autou krinōn ton laon taʸs gaʸs. )
BrTrAnd Ozias the king was a leper to the day of his death, and he dwelt as a leper in a separate house; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord: and Joathan his son was set over his kingdom, judging the people of the land.
ULTAnd Uzziah the king was leprous until the day of his death. And he dwelled in the house of separation, being leprous, for he was cut off from the house of Yahweh. And Jotham his son was over the house of the king, judging the people of the land.
USTKing Uzziah had leprosy until he died. Because he had leprosy, he lived in a house that was not near other houses, and he was not allowed to enter the courtyard of the temple. His son Jotham supervised the palace and ruled the people of Judah.
BSB § 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.
WEBBEUzziah 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 the LORD’s house. Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
NETKing Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the Lord’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.
LSVAnd Uzziah the king is a leper to the day of his death, and inhabits a separate house—a leper, for he has been cut off from the house of YHWH, and his son Jotham [is] over the house of the king, judging the people of the land.
FBVKing Uzziah was a leper until the day he died. He lived by himself as a leper, barred from entering the Lord's Temple, while his son Jotham was placed in charge or the king's affairs and governed the country.
T4TKing Uzziah had leprosy until he died. And because he had leprosy, he lived in a house that was not near other houses, and he was not allowed to enter the courtyard of the temple. His son Jotham supervised the palace and ruled the people of Judah.
LEBSo King Uzziah was leprous until the day of his death, and he lived in a separate house as a leper, for he was cut off from the house of Yahweh. And Jotham his son was over the house of the king, judging the people of the land.
BBESo King Uzziah was a leper till the day of his death, living separately in his private house; for he was cut off from the house of God; and Jotham his son was ruling over his house, judging the people of the land.
JPSAnd Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a house set apart, 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.
ASVAnd Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
DRAAnd Ozias the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelt in a house apart being full of the leprosy, for which he had been cast out of the house of the Lord. And Joatham his son governed the king’s house, and judged the people of the land.
YLTAnd Uzziah the king is a leper unto the day of his death, and inhabiteth a separate house — a leper, for he hath been cut off from the house of Jehovah, and Jotham his son [is] over the house of the king, judging the people of the land.
DrbyAnd Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah. And Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.
RVAnd 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.
WbstrAnd Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelt in a 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.
KJB-1769And 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.[fn]
KJB-1611[fn][fn][fn]And Uzziah the king was a leper vnto the day of his death, and dwelt in a seuerall house being a leper, for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Iotham his sonne was ouer the kings house, iudging the people of the land. (And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a seuerall house being a leper, for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Yotham his son was over the kings house, iudging the people of the land.)
BshpsAnd Uzzia the king continued a leper vnto the day of his death, & dwelt seuerall in an house being a leper and shut out of the house of the Lorde: and Iotham his sonne had the gouernauce of the kinges house, and iudged the people of the lande. (And Uzzia the king continued a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt seuerall in an house being a leper and shut out of the house of the Lord: and Yotham his son had the gouernauce of the kings house, and judged the people of the land.)
GnvaAnd Vzziah the king was a leper vnto the day of his death, and dwelt as a leper in an house apart, because he was cut off from the house of ye Lord: and Iotham his sonne ruled ouer the Kings house, and iudged the people of the land. (And Vzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt as a leper in an house apart, because he was cut off from the house of ye/you_all Lord: and Yotham his son ruled over the Kings house, and judged the people of the land. )
CvdlThus became Osias ye kynge a leper vnto his death, and dwelt full of leprosye in a fre house: for he was put out of the house of the LORDE. But Ioram his sonne had the ouersight of the kynges house, and iudged the people in the londe. (Thus became Osias ye/you_all king a leper unto his death, and dwelt full of leprosye in a free house: for he was put out of the house of the LORD. But Yoram his son had the ouersight of the kings house, and judged the people in the land.)
WycTherfor kyng Ozie was leprouse `til to the dai of his deeth, and dwellide in an hows bi it silf, and he was ful of lepre; `for which he was cast out of the hows of the Lord. Forsothe Joathan, his sone, gouernyde the hows of the kyng, and demyde the puple of the lond. (Therefore king Ozie was leprouse `til to the day of his death, and dwelled/dwelt in an house by itself, and he was full of lepre; `for which he was cast out of the house of the Lord. Forsothe Yoathan, his son, gouernyde the house of the king, and judged the people of the land.)
LuthAlso war Usia, der König, aussätzig bis an seinen Tod und wohnete in einem sondern Hause aussätzig; denn er ward verstoßen vom Hause des HErr’s. Jotham aber, sein Sohn, stund des Königs Hause vor und richtete das Volk im Lande. (So what/which Usia, the/of_the king, aussätzig until at his Tod and lived in one rather house aussätzig; because he what/which verstoßen from_the house the LORD’s. Yotham but, his son, stood the kings house before/in_front_of and richtete the people in_the land.)
ClVgFuit igitur Ozias rex leprosus usque ad diem mortis suæ, et habitavit in domo separata plenus lepra, ob quam ejectus fuerat de domo Domini. Porro Joatham filius ejus rexit domum regis, et judicabat populum terræ. (Fuit igitur Ozias king leprosus until to diem mortis suæ, and habitavit in domo separata plenus lepra, ob how eyectus fuerat about domo Master. Further Yoatham son his rexit home king, and yudicabat the_people terræ. )
26:21 The leprosy forced King Uzziah to spend the end of his life in quarantine in a separate house (literally a free house). The significance of this term is not known; it is often interpreted to mean that he was free from the duties of the monarchy. In Ugaritic texts, it seems to be a euphemism for a place of total confinement.
Ever since Eden, humans have attempted to take God’s sacred space as their own (Gen 2:15-17; 3:1-6). Scripture shows us God’s anger and swift punishment when people treat his holy commands with contempt or casual disdain. Nadab and Abihu were supposed to lead Israel in proper worship, so when they ignored God’s specific instructions about priestly duties, they lost their lives for their sin (Lev 10:1-20). Jesus himself expressed the righteous anger of God when he entered the Temple with a whip and drove out the merchants and money changers who were defiling the holy space for their own profit (John 2:13-16).
There can be no violations with respect to God’s holy presence, and that certainly included the Temple in Jerusalem. The Temple represented God’s presence in creation, so all of its rituals needed to reflect its status as sacred and set apart for God alone. This meant that no one could enter it to make offerings except those anointed for the task.
One particularly egregious sin was when King Uzziah entered the Temple to burn incense (2 Chr 26:16). The kings of Israel (unlike kings of other ancient Near Eastern cultures) were excluded from the sacred space because they were anointed only for the secular function of government. The king of Israel was not a priest. He was not God’s representative in sacred matters nor (as in other cultures) a god himself. He was a servant of God taken from among his brothers to administer the covenant in the community (Deut 17:18-20). So when King Uzziah tried to claim a priestly function that was not rightfully his, he violated the sanctuary that God had set apart for his own presence. In terms of the function of the Temple, this violation was no trivial matter.
David provides a counterpoint to Uzziah’s arrogance (1 Sam 21:1-9). When his men were hungry, he knew they could find bread at the Tabernacle, but instead of claiming it for himself, he made his request to the priest, who gave them the holy bread with his blessing. By contrast, when Uzziah entered the Temple and violated this sacred space, his response was typical of arrogant human hearts (26:16). He assumed that, as king, he had the right to enter God’s sacred Temple. But he did not have that right, and he was judged with affliction by a skin disease and separation from daily life. The punishment was appropriate to the arrogance of his sin.
Uzziah-like sacrilege remains an ever-present temptation. Any conduct that fails to glorify God is a violation of his sacred space. All of human history consists of the story of God restoring the entire heavens and earth to be the place of his dwelling. In the new covenant through Jesus Christ, God’s sacred space is not limited to a Temple in Jerusalem or any other building; he sets apart for himself the lives of people who trust in him (1 Cor 6:19-20). In his grace, God has made the people of the new covenant to be his temple on earth (1 Pet 2:4-5), to be the space where his holiness enters creation. History will be complete when all of heaven and earth becomes the temple of God (Isa 65:17-18; Rev 21:1-2).
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was ˊUzziyyāh the=king leprous until day death,his and=he/it_sat_down//remained//lived house_of the,separate being_a_leper that/for/because/then/when excluded from,house YHWH and,Jotham his/its=son on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in house_of the=king governing DOM people the=earth/land )
Alternate translation: “until he died” or “the rest of his life”
(Occurrence 0) lived in a separate house
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was ˊUzziyyāh the=king leprous until day death,his and=he/it_sat_down//remained//lived house_of the,separate being_a_leper that/for/because/then/when excluded from,house YHWH and,Jotham his/its=son on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in house_of the=king governing DOM people the=earth/land )
This indicates that he lived away from other houses and other people.
(Occurrence 0) he was cut off from the house of Yahweh
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was ˊUzziyyāh the=king leprous until day death,his and=he/it_sat_down//remained//lived house_of the,separate being_a_leper that/for/because/then/when excluded from,house YHWH and,Jotham his/its=son on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in house_of the=king governing DOM people the=earth/land )
Here being “cut off” from Yahweh’s house represents being excluded from the temple. Alternate translation: “he was excluded from the house of Yahweh” or “he was not allowed to go to the temple”
(Occurrence 0) Jotham, his son, was over the king’s house
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was ˊUzziyyāh the=king leprous until day death,his and=he/it_sat_down//remained//lived house_of the,separate being_a_leper that/for/because/then/when excluded from,house YHWH and,Jotham his/its=son on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in house_of the=king governing DOM people the=earth/land )
Here being over something represents having responsibility or authority for it. Alternate translation: “Jotham, his son, was responsible for the king’s house” or “Jotham, his son, was in charge of the palace”
(Occurrence 0) the king’s house
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was ˊUzziyyāh the=king leprous until day death,his and=he/it_sat_down//remained//lived house_of the,separate being_a_leper that/for/because/then/when excluded from,house YHWH and,Jotham his/its=son on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in house_of the=king governing DOM people the=earth/land )
This refers to the king’s palace, which the king was no longer living in.
The long, concurrent reigns of Jeroboam II of Israel and Uzziah (also called Azariah) of Judah marked a period of resurgence after their nations had suffered nearly sixty years of decline and unrest. By the time both kings ascended to the throne in 793 B.C. and 792 B.C., Moab had revolted from Israel and seized land belonging to the tribe of Reuben (2 Kings 1:1; see “The Nation of Moab and the Tribe of Reuben”), and Edom and Libnah had revolted from Judah (2 Kings 8:16-24; 2 Chronicles 21:1-11; see “Edom and Libnah Revolt”). Jehu then brutally overthrew Ahab’s dynasty, but he later suffered the loss of all Gilead to the rising power of Aram (2 Kings 1:1; 3:1-27; 8:12; 10:32-33; 2 Chronicles 21:8-10; see “Aram Captures Gilead”). Soon after this, however, the Assyrian king Adad-nirari III (who may be the “savior” of 2 Kings 13:5) attacked Aram, but then he withdrew, thus creating a power vacuum to the north. Jeroboam of Israel took advantage of this opportunity and captured much of Aram, though it is unclear how firmly he held Aram or for how long. During this same time, king Uzziah of Judah captured the Red Sea port city of Elath in the far south, which belonged to Edom, and he also attacked the Arabs of Gur, who were likely located nearby. He also attacked the Meunites who lived in Seir, the formerly Edomite region south of the Judean Negev, though the Meunites themselves do not appear to have been Edomites. The Meunites are probably the same as the “Maonites” mentioned in Judges 10:12, and they also joined the Moabite alliance that attacked king Jehoshaphat of Judah (2 Chronicles 20). About a century after Uzziah’s time, during the reign of Hezekiah, some Simeonites attacked some Meunites in the Negev and seized their land (1 Chronicles 4:41-43). According to the Septuagint, the Meunites also paid Uzziah tribute (2 Chronicles 26:7-8), and Uzziah likely captured some of the Meunites and gave them as servants for the Temple of the Lord, which appears to have been a common practice in Israel since the time of Moses and Joshua (see Numbers 31:30; Joshua 9:27; Ezra 8:20). Their descendants are listed among the “Nethinim,” who served at the Temple during time of Ezra and Nehemiah (Ezra 2:50; Nehemiah 7:52). Uzziah also attacked the Philistine cities of Gath, Ashdod, and Jabneh and established other cities throughout Philistia. He built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the Angle as well as towers in the wilderness. He also dug many cisterns to store water for his large herds, both in the Shephelah (the foothills near Gath) and in the plain. He also had large farms and vineyards and strengthened Judah’s army. As far as moral leadership, the writer of Kings deems Jeroboam as a bad king for allowing idolatry to continue in Israel, but Uzziah is deemed as good, though he later sinned and was afflicted with leprosy for making an offering on the altar of incense.
