2 Chronicles 26:16–23

Pride Is Uzziah’s Undoing

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

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

^18aThey opposed Uzziah the king and said to him, “^bIt is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, ^cbut for the priests, the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful and will have no honor from the Lord 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 the Lord, beside the altar of incense.

²⁰Azariah 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 the Lord had smitten him.

^21aKing 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 the Lord. And Jotham his son was over the king’s house judging the people of the land.

²²Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first to last, the prophet ^aIsaiah, the son of Amoz, has written.

²³So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers ^ain the field of the grave which belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” And Jotham his son became king in his place.