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2 Kings 15:5 · KJV

“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.”

— 2 Kings 15:5

Verse 4

Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

Verse 6

And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, {are} they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

2 Kings 15 — Context

3

And he did {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

4

Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

5

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.

6

And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, {are} they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

7

So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

Cross References

Leviticus 13:46

All the days wherein the plague {shall be} in him he shall be defiled; he {is} unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp {shall} his habitation {be}.

Numbers 12:14

And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in {again}.

2 Samuel 15:2-4

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was {so}, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city {art} thou? And he said, Thy servant {is} of one of the tribes of Israel. {came: Heb. to come}

2 Chronicles 26:16-23

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to {his} destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

2 Samuel 8:15

And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.

Deuteronomy 24:8

Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, {so} ye shall observe to do.

2 Samuel 3:29

Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread. {fail: Heb. be cut off}

1 Kings 3:9

Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? {understanding: Heb. hearing}

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