KJV King James Version
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he [was] leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
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2 Chronicles 26:20
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he [was] leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.
WEB World English Bible
Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked on him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from there; yes, himself hurried also to go out, because Yahweh had struck him.
ASV American Standard Version
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because Jehovah had smitten him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Azariah the head priest looketh unto him, and all the priests, and lo, he is leprous in his forehead, and they hasten him thence, and also he himself hath hastened to go out, for Jehovah hath plagued him.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 26
17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, [that were] valiant men:
18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, [It appertaineth] not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither [shall it be] for thine honour from the LORD God.
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.
20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he [was] leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, [being] a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son [was] over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which [belonged] to the kings; for they said, He [is] a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
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וַיִּ֣פֶןH6437 · pa.nahto turnאֵלָ֡יוH413 · elto(wards)עֲזַרְיָהוּ֩H5838 · a.zar.yahAzariahכֹהֵ֨ןH3548 · ko.henpriestהָרֹ֜אשׁH7218 · roshheadוְכָל־H3605 · kolallהַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםH3548 · ko.henpriestוְהִנֵּה־H2009 · hin.nehbeholdה֤וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itמְצֹרָע֙H6879 · tsa.rabe leprousבְּמִצְח֔וֹH4696 · me.tsachforeheadוַיַּבְהִל֖וּהוּH926 · ba.halto dismayמִשָּׁ֑םH8033 · shamthereוְגַם־H1571 · gamalsoהוּא֙H1931 · huhe/she/itנִדְחַ֣ףH1765 · da.chaphto hastenלָצֵ֔אתH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforנִגְּע֖וֹH5060 · na.gato touchיְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Leviticus 14:34When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;Deuteronomy 28:35The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.Esther 6:12And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.Deuteronomy 28:22The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
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