2 Chronicles 26:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace to govern the people of the land.”
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“So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace to govern the people of the land.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several 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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Uzziah the king is a leper unto the day of his death, and inhabiteth a separate house--a leper, for he hath been cut off from the house of Jehovah, and Jotham his son <FI>is<Fi> over the house of the king, judging the people of the land.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Chronicles 26:21 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 13:46As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.
- Numbers 5:2“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.
- Numbers 5:4So the Israelites did this, sending such people outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses.
- Numbers 12:15So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.
- 2 Kings 7:3Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
- 2 Kings 15:5And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
- 2 Chronicles 27:1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.
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