2 Chronicles 26:19

Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Uzziah	עֻזִּיָּ֔הוּ 'u.zi.Ya.hu	H5818	Uzzijah · proper noun, a man's name
wroth	וַיִּזְעַף֙ vai.yiz.'Af	H2196	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
censer	מִקְטֶ֖רֶת mik.Te.ret	H4730	something to fume (incense) in · noun, common feminine singular absolute
hand	וּבְיָד֥וֹ u.ve.ya.Do	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · conjunction + preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
incense	לְהַקְטִ֑יר le.hak.Tir	H6999	to smoke · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
wroth	וּבְזַעְפּ֣וֹ u.ve.za'.Po	H2196	properly · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
priests	הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים ha.ko.ha.Nim	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
leprosy	וְ֠הַצָּרַעַת Ve.ha.tza.ra.'at	H6883	leprosy · conjunction + definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
up	זָרְחָ֨ה za.re.Chah	H2224	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
forehead	בְמִצְח֜וֹ ve.mitz.Cho	H4696	the forehead (as open and prominent) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
before	לִפְנֵ֤י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
priests	הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ ha.ko.ha.Nim	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
house	בְּבֵ֣ית be.Veit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
incense	הַקְּטֹֽרֶת ha.ke.To.ret	H7004	a fumigation · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
altar	לְמִזְבַּ֥ח le.miz.Bach	H4196	an altar · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct

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Cross-references

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 26:16–end

Here is the only blot we find on the name of king Uzziah, and it is such a one as lies not on any other of the kings. Whoredom, murder, oppression, persecution, and especially idolatry, gave characters to the bad kings and some of them blemishes to the good ones, David himself not excepted, witness the matter of Uriah. But we find not Uzziah charged with any of these; and yet he transgressed against the Lord his God, and fell under the marks of his displeasure in consequence, not, as other kings, in vexatious wars or rebellions, but an incurable disease. I. His sin was invading the priest's office. The good way is one; by-paths are many. The transgression of his predecessors was forsaking th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 26:16

HE INVADES THE PRIEST'S OFFICE, AND IS SMITTEN WITH LEPROSY. (Ch2 26:16-21) he transgressed against the Lord, &c.--(See on Kg2 15:5). This daring and wicked act is in both records traced to the intoxicating influence of overweening pride and vanity. But here the additional circumstances are stated, that his entrance was opposed, and strong remonstrances made (Ch1 6:10) by the high priest, who was accompanied by eighty inferior priests. Rage and threats were the only answers he deigned to return, but God took care to vindicate the sacredness of the priestly office. At the moment the king lifted the censer, He struck him with leprosy. The earthquake mentioned (Amo 1:1) is said to have been fe…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 26:16

He transgressed against the Lord - "He sinned against the Word of the Lord his God." - T. Went into the temple to burn incense - Thus assuming to himself the priest's office. See this whole transaction explained in the notes on Kg2 15:5 (note).

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 26:19

Then Uzziah was wroth,.... With the priests, and, as Josephus (b) says, threatened to kill them: and had a censer in his hand to burn incense; ready to do it, and resolved upon it: and while he was wroth with the priests; and expressing his indignation, and do what he would do to them, if they continued to oppose him: the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar; which seems not only to describe the position of the priests, being beside the altar of incense, to keep the king from it, when the leprosy was seen by them in his forehead, but the quarter from whence the stroke invisibly came. Josephus (c) says, there was ea…

Dictionary and topics

Azariah — Whom Jehovah helps. (1.) Son of Ethan, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 2:8). (2.) Son of Ahimaaz, who succeeded his grandfather Zadok as high priest (1 Chr. 6:9; 1 Kings 4:2) in the days of Solomon. He…
Censer — The vessel in which incense was presented on “the golden altar” before the Lord in the temple (Ex. 30:1-9). The priest filled the censer with live coal from the sacred fire on the altar of…
Chronicles, Books of — The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., “Acts of the Days.” This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version “Chronicon,” and hence…
Afflictions Of The Wicked, The · Exemplified: Uzziah — Exemplified: Uzziah
Altar Of Incense · Punishment for: Unauthorised offering on — Punishment for: Unauthorised offering on
Anger · Sinful, Exemplified: Uzziah — Sinful, Exemplified: Uzziah
Censers · For burning incense — For burning incense
Church And State · reproved — reproved
Disease · .Uzziah — .Uzziah
Incense · By Uzziah — By Uzziah
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Azariah or Uzziah — Who reigned over Judah: Azariah or Uzziah
Leprosy · Often sent as a punishment for sin — Often sent as a punishment for sin

2 Chronicles 26:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 26:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 26:16

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 26:16

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 26:19

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 26:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 26:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 26:16

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 26:16

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 26:19

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 26:16-18

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 26:19