SEV Biblia, Chapter 26:20
Y le miró Azarías el sumo sacerdote, y todos los sacerdotes, y he aquí la lepra estaba en su frente; y le hicieron salir aprisa de aquel lugar; y él también se dio prisa a salir, porque el SEÑOR lo había herido.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 26:20
Verse 20. Because the Lord had smitten him.] "Because the WORD of the Lord had brought the plague upon him." -T.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 20. And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead , etc.] He was leprous all over his body, no doubt, but it appeared in his forehead very remarkably, and was seen by them all, who, without doubt, informed him of his case, and of which he soon became sensible: and they thrust him out from thence ; the holy place, he being now unfit to be in a common dwelling house, or his own palace, and much less to be in the house of God: yea, himself also hasted to go out, because the Lord had smitten him ; fearing, should he continue there, that something worse would befall him; the Targum is, the Word of the Lord. The leprosy was a disease sent immediately from God, as the case of Miriam, and this of Uzziah, show; and so the Persians had a notion, that those had it who sinned against the sun, and for that reason, and which they accounted and worshipped as God.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 16-23 - The transgression of the kings before Uzziah was, forsaking the templ of the Lord, and burning incense upon idolatrous altars. But his transgression was, going into the holy place, and attempting to bur incense upon the altar of God. See how hard it is to avoid one extreme and not run into another. Pride of heart was at the bottom of his sin a lust that ruins many. Instead of lifting up the name God in gratitud to him who had done so much for him, his heart was lifted up to his hurt. Men's pretending to forbidden knowledge, and seeking things to high for them, are owing to pride of heart. The incense of our prayer must be, by faith, put into the hands of our Lord Jesus, the great Hig Priest of our profession, else we cannot expect it to be accepted by God, Re 8:3. Though Uzziah strove with the priests, he would not striv with his Maker. But he was punished for his transgression; he continue a leper to his death, shut out from society. The punishment answere the sin as face to face in a glass. Pride was at the bottom of his transgression, and thus God humbled him, and put dishonour upon him Those that covet forbidden honours, forfeit allowed ones. Adam, by catching at the tree of knowledge which he might not eat of, debarre himself of the tree of life which he might have eaten of. Let all tha read say, The Lord is righteous. And when the Lord sees good to thro prosperous and useful men aside, as broken vessels, if he raises u others to fill their places, they may rejoice to renounce all worldl concerns, and employ their remaining days in preparation for death __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויפן 6437 אליו 413 עזריהו 5838 כהן 3548 הראשׁ 7218 וכל 3605 הכהנים 3548 והנה 2009 הוא 1931 מצרע 6879 במצחו 4696 ויבהלוהו 926 משׁם 8033 וגם 1571 הוא 1931 נדחף 1765 לצאת 3318 כי 3588 נגעו 5060 יהוה׃ 3068
