2 Chronicles 26:16-18

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Uzziah’s Downfall^(A)

¹⁶ But when Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his ·ruin [downfall]. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God; he went into the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord to burn incense on the altar for incense [^Cwhich only priests should do]. ¹⁷ Azariah and eighty other brave priests who served the Lord followed Uzziah into the ·Temple [^Lhouse]. ¹⁸ They ·told him he was wrong [confronted the king] and said to him, “·You don’t have the right [It is not for you, Uzziah,] to burn incense to the Lord. Only the priests, Aaron’s descendants, should burn the incense, because they have been ·made holy [consecrated; set apart]. ·Leave this holy place [Get out of the sanctuary]. You have ·been unfaithful [sinned; disobeyed], and the Lord God will not honor you for this.”