15:5 The Lord afflicted the king with an illness; he suffered from a skin disease3 until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters,4 while his son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.
tn Traditionally, “he was a leper.” But see the note at 5:1.
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tn The precise meaning of בֵית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhoféshit), “house of […?],” is uncertain. For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166–67.