⁵ Then the Lord ^(A)struck the king, so that he was a leper until the day of his ^(B)death; so he ^(C)dwelt in an isolated house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the royal house, judging the people of the land.

⁴⁶ He shall be unclean. All the days he has the sore he shall be unclean. He is unclean, and he shall ^[a]dwell alone; his dwelling shall be ^(A)outside the camp.

¹⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but ^(A)spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be ^(B)shut^[a] out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again.”

Glory and Universality of the Messiah’s Reign

A Psalm ^(A)of Solomon.

The Penalty for Uzziah’s Pride^(A)

¹⁶ But ^(B)when he was strong his heart was ^(C)lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the Lord his God ^(D)by entering the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense. ¹⁷ So ^(E)Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him were eighty priests of the Lord—valiant men. ¹⁸ And they withstood King Uzziah, and said to him, “It ^(F)is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, but for the ^(G)priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed! You shall have no honor from the Lord God.”

¹⁹ Then Uzziah became furious; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was angry with the priests, ^(H)leprosy broke out on his forehead, before the priests in the house of the Lord, beside the incense altar. ²⁰ And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and there, on his forehead, he was leprous; so they thrust him out of that place. Indeed he also ^(I)hurried to get out, because the Lord had struck him.

^21 (J)King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He dwelt in an ^(K)isolated house, because he was a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord. Then Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.

²² Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from first to last, the prophet ^(L)Isaiah the son of Amoz wrote. ^23 (M)So Uzziah ^[a]rested 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.” Then Jotham his son reigned in his place.

The Syrians Flee

³ Now there were four leprous men ^(A)at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?

²⁷ Therefore the leprosy of Naaman ^(A)shall cling to you and your descendants forever.” And he went out from his presence ^(B)leprous, as white as snow.

²⁸ And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they feared the king, for they saw that the ^(A)wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.