2 Chronicles 26:19 — Then Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to burn incense, was enraged; and while… — AMP | maBible
Read 2 Chronicles 26:19 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: 2 Chronicles 26.19, 2 Chronicles 26v19, 2Ch. 26:19. Then Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to burn incense, was enraged; and while he was enraged with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead befo…
19 Then Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to burn incense, was enraged; and while he was enraged with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, beside the incense altar.
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Or possibly a skin disease, because the Hebrew word is a general term that can refer to true leprosy (Hansen’s disease) or lesser skin diseases. In any case, it was a severe judgment from God because the disease rendered Uzziah ceremonially unclean, limiting his contact with other people and bannin…