2 Tawarikh 26:3-5

26:3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. ¹  His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem. 26:4 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. ²  26:5 He followed ³  God during the lifetime of ⁴  Zechariah, who taught him how to honor God. As long as he followed ⁵  the Lord, God caused him to succeed. ⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 26:21-23

26:21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ⁷  afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the Lord’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

26:22 The rest of the events of Uzziah’s reign, from start to finish, were recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. ⁸  26:23 Uzziah passed away ⁹  and was buried near his ancestors ¹⁰  in a cemetery ¹¹  belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.) ¹²  His son Jotham replaced him as king.

[26:3]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[26:4]  ² tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Amaziah his father had done.”

[26:5]  ³ tn Heb “sought.”

[26:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the days of.”

[26:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the days of his seeking.”

[26:5]  ⁶ tn Or “prosper.”

[26:21]  ⁷ tn The precise meaning of בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhafshiyt, “house of [?]”) is uncertain. NASB, NIV, NRSV all have “in a separate house”; NEB has “in his own house…relieved of all duties.” For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.

[26:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Uzziah, the former and the latter, Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, recorded.”

[26:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[26:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fathers.”

[26:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “a field of burial.”

[26:23]  ¹² tn Heb “for they said, ‘He had a skin disease.’”