2 Chronicles 26:19
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19Then Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to burn incense, was enraged; and while he was enraged with the priests, 26:19 Or possibly a skin disease, because the Hebrew word is a general term that can refer to true leprosy (Hansen’s disease) or lesser skin diseases. In any case, it was a severe judgment from God because the disease rendered Uzziah ceremonially unclean, limiting his contact with other people and banning him from participation in worship services (see v 21).leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, beside the incense altar.