2 Tawarikh 26:16

26:16 But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. ¹  He disobeyed ²  the Lord his God. He entered the Lord’s temple to offer incense on the incense altar.

2 Tawarikh 26:19

26:19 Uzziah, who had an incense censer in his hand, became angry. While he was ranting and raving ³  at the priests, a skin disease ⁴  appeared on his forehead right there in front of the priests in the Lord’s temple near the incense altar.

[26:16]  ¹ tn Heb “his heart was high [i.e., proud] to destroy.”

[26:16]  ² tn Or “was unfaithful to.”

[26:19]  ³ tn Heb “angry.”

[26:19]  ⁴ tn Traditionally “leprosy,” but this was probably a skin disorder of some type, not leprosy (technically known today as Hansen’s disease). See 2 Kgs 5:1.