The Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper - The circumstances under which this terrible affliction befell one of the greatest of the J…

And the Lord smote the king. —The chronicler relates the reason—namely, because of his usurpation of priestly functions in the san…

And the Lord smote the king
With leprosy; the reason of it was, because he intruded into the priest's office, and we…

Uzziah did for the most part what was right. It was fortunate for the kingdom that a good reign was a long one.