Pride Is Uzziah’s Undoing

16 But (A)when he became strong, his heart was so [a]proud that he acted corruptly, and he was untrue to the Lord his God, for (B)he entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 26:16 Lit high

16 But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride(A) led to his downfall.(B) He was unfaithful(C) to the Lord his God, and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense(D) on the altar of incense.

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19 But Uzziah, with a censer in his hand for burning incense, was enraged; and while he was enraged with the priests, (A)leprosy broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the Lord, beside the altar of incense.

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19 Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the Lord’s temple, leprosy[a](A) broke out on his forehead.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 26:19 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verses 20, 21 and 23.