And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
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Gill's Exposition
And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? In the history of the reigns of those kings; some of them are…
Barnes' Notes
The Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper - The circumstances under which this terrible affliction befel one of the greatest of the Jewish kings, are given at some length by the author of…
Adam Clarke
The Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper - The reason of this plague is well told in the above quoted chapter, Ch2 26:16.
That his heart being elated, he went into the temple to burn incense…
This is a short account of the reign of Azariah. 1. Most of it is general, and the same that has been given of others; he began young and reigned long (Kg2 15:2), did, for the most part, that which…
Cambridge Bible
And the Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper The more political history in Kings tells us nothing about the reason why Azariah was smitten. The Chronicler however says that the king's successes…
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