The Lord afflicted(A) the king with leprosy[a] until the day he died, and he lived in a separate house.[b](B) Jotham(C) the king’s son had charge of the palace(D) and governed the people of the land.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 15:5 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
  2. 2 Kings 15:5 Or in a house where he was relieved of responsibilities

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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11 Now that God has unstrung my bow(A) and afflicted me,(B)
    they throw off restraint(C) in my presence.

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11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

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Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,(A)
yet we considered him punished by God,(B)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.(C)

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Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

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10 Yet it was the Lord’s will(A) to crush(B) him and cause him to suffer,(C)
    and though the Lord makes[a] his life an offering for sin,(D)
he will see his offspring(E) and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper(F) in his hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:10 Hebrew though you make

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

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