2 Chronicles 26:16–21

Uzziah’s Pride

¹⁶But ^awhen he became strong, his heart was so ¹proud that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful to Yahweh his God. And ^bhe entered the temple of Yahweh to burn incense on the altar of incense.

¹⁷Then ^aAzariah the priest entered after him and with him eighty priests of Yahweh, men of valor.

^18aAnd they stood against Uzziah the king and said to him, “^bIt is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, ^cbut for the priests, the sons of Aaron who are set apart as holy to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful and will have no honor from Yahweh God.”

¹⁹But Uzziah, with a censer in his hand for burning incense, was enraged; and while he was enraged with the priests, ^athe leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of Yahweh, beside the altar of incense.

²⁰And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he was leprous on his forehead; and they hurried him out of there, and he himself also hastened to get out because Yahweh had smitten him.

^21aSo King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death; and he lived in ^ba separate house, being a leper, for he was cut off from the house of Yahweh. And Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.