' 19 Then Uzziah was wroth », and hada cenſer in his hand, to burn incenſe : and while he was wroth with the prieſts, the leproſie even roſe up in his fore. head o, before the priefts in the houſe of the LORD,
from beſide the incenſe altar p.
_ » Withthe Prieſts. o So as he could not hide his ſhame:though it 15probable it'was aJſo in the reſt of his Body- p By a ſtroke from an inviſible hand coming from the Altar ; that he might be aſſured that this was the effe& of God's juſt diſpleaſure. againſt him.
20 And Azariahthe chief priett, and all the prieſts looked upon him, and behold, he vas leprous in his forehead, and they thruſt him out from thence q ; yea, himſelf * haſted alſo to go out, becauſe the LORD had
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4 Not by force, as was noted on v. 18. whica needed not, for, 6, ; he voluntarily haſted away, as it follows ; but by vehement per« {waſions and denunciations of God's further Judgments upon him, if he did notdepart- Some ſuppoſe that the Earth-quake mention- ed ms 11. Zech. 14+ 5. happened uponthis occaſion, as anothes token of God's diſpleaſure againſt this unparallel'd arrogancy-
21 * And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death r, and dwelt in a * + ſeveral houſe being a leper s,for & he was cut off from the houſe of the LORD: * » Rings and Jotham his ſon was over the kings kouſe, judging a5 5.
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the people of the land. 7 God would have this Leproſie to be incurable,as a laſting mo- Fly / nument of his Anger againſt ſuch preſumptuous Invaders of the. weeds Prielt's Office. 5s As he was obliged to do by Law, Lev 13, 46, which he durſt not now reſiſt, being under the hand and ſtroke of God, and under the fear of further and worſe Plagues, if he didſo. r So the following words are a reaſon of the former ; he dwelt in a ſeveral houſe, becauſe he might not come into the Temple or Courts, nor conſequently into any publick Afſembly, or the Socie- ty of others Or, and therefore, as the Hebrew Chi oft ſignifies ; | and the Particle'and is oft underſtood. So it isan inference from the next fore-going words, He was a Leper, and therefore he was cut off, &c. He who could not content himſclt with Gods allow- ance; bur uſurped the Prieſts place and office, is now deprived of the priviledge of the meaneſt of his People. A juſt and moſt ſuitable Judgmenr.
22 Now the reſt of the a&s of Uzziah, firſt and laſt,
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lows. m Expe& that God will puniſh thee, qr put ſome brand of his ſtead,
did Haiah the prophet the fon of Amoz write.
23 $0 Uzziah ſlept with his fathers, and they buri- ed him with his fathers in the field of rhe burial which belonged to the kings : for they ſaid, He 3s a leper ; and Jetham his fon reigned in his ſtead.
C H A P. XXVIL Jotham reigneth well, proſpereth, 1==-4. Rendreth the Lmmonites trivuta-
ries ; bus reign” Ahaz ſucceedeth him, 5 9. | Hm *was WWenty and five years oid when he be-
J gan to reign, and he reigned fixteen years in Jeruſa- * , King lem : his mothers name alſo was Jeruibah the daughter 15,32, of Z2dok. |
2 And he did that which was right in the ſight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did : howbeir he entred not into the temple of the LORD And the people did yet corruptly.
a To wit, to offer Incenſe- Butteing this was not commendable, hows this mentioned as an exception from the fore-going Cha- rafter, Thar he did as his Father did in that which was right?&>c. Anſw, It is an exception only from the laſt Clauſe, where alſo one word may be ſupplicd out of the fore-going words as is moſt uſual, in Scripture, thus, He did according to all that his Father Uzziah did then ir fitly follows, howbeit, &&c, i. e. except in his miſcarriages.
3 He built b the high-gate e of the houſe of rhe LORD,and on the wall of || Ophel 4 he built much.
b i. e- Repaired it : for it was built before, <- 11+ 5, c Other- wiſe called the New gate, Jer. 36- 10. d A Tower upon or near the | Or, tht wall of Jeruſalem, whick probably he fortified, as his Father had / ' | done other Towers, ch. 26: 9. g
4 Moreover,he builtcitiesin the mountains of Judah, and in the foreſts he built caſtles and towers.
5 He fought alſo with the king ofthe Ammonites e,& prevailed againſt them. And the children of Ammon gave him the ſame Year, an hundred talents of filver,and cen thouſand meaſures of wheat, and ten thouſand of ,,..... barley. { So much did the children of Ammon pay un- co him, both the ſecond year, and the third.
e Who, it ſeems, endeavoured to ſhake off the yoke which from
David's time had. been put upon them. ' 6 So Jotham became mighty, becauſe he |] his ways 4 before the LORD his God.
4 Or, dreftd his ways, i- e his counſels and ations by the rule of Gods Law- , 7 Now the reſt of the Ads of Jotham, and all his
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incenſe unto the LORD, bu to the * prieits,the ſons of wars, and his ways, lo,they are written in the book of | * Ex, 309. Aaron, that are conſecrated to burn incenſe : go out of the kings of Iſrael and Judah.
8 He was five and twenty years old when he began
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AS * was twenty years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned ſixteen years in Jeruſalem? but he did not that which was right in the fight of the LORD, like David his father. |
2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Iſrac], and made alſo molten images for Baalim a.
To worſhip his Baalim, or falſe Gods, in and by them.
10; of*#- 3 Moreover, he || Burnt incenſe in the yelley of the warifce, fon of Hinnom, and burnt * his children in che fire, MLv-15, 'fter the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD I' had caſt out before the children of L{rael.
4 He ſacrificed alſo, and burnt incenſe in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.