Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 26:21
And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, [being] a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son [was] over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
21 23 (= 2Ki 15:5-7). The End of Uzziah
21. a several house ] i.e. separate, special; cp. Num 28:13; Mat 25:15. The same Heb. word is used in Psa 88:5, “ free (R.V. “cast off”) among the dead.”
cut off ] The same Heb. word is translated in the same way in Isa 53:8.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
A several house – See the marginal reference q note; and compare Ps. 88, which is supposed by some to refer to Uzziah.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 21. And dwelt in a several house] He was separated, because of the infectious nature of his disorder, from all society, domestic, civil, and religious.
Jotham – was over the king’s house] He became regent of the land; his father being no longer able to perform the functions of the regal office.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Unto the day of his death: God would have this leprosy to be incurable, as a lasting monument of his anger against such presumptuous invaders of the priests office.
Dwelt in a several house; as he was obliged to do by law, Lev 13:16, which he durst not now resist, being under the hand and stroke of God, and under the fear of further and worse plagues, if he did so.
For he was cut off; so the following words are a reason of the former; he dwelt in a several house, because he might not come into the temple or courts, nor consequently into any public assembly, or the society of others. Or, and therefore, as the Hebrew chi often signifies; and the particle and is oft understood. So it is an inference from the next foregoing words, He was a leper, and therefore he was cut off, &c. He who could not content himself with Gods allowance, but usurped the priests place and office, is now deprived of the privilege of the meanest of his people. A just and most suitable judgment.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
21. dwelt in a several houseinan infirmary [BERTHEAU].
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper,….
[See comments on 2Ki 15:5],
for he was cut off from the house of the Lord; not, suffered to enter into that, because of his uncleanness:
and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land; see 2Ki 15:5.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(21) Was a leper . . . several house.2Ki. 14:5. Rather, in the hospital, or lazar house.
For he was cut off (Psa. 88:5; Isa. 53:8) from the house of the Lord.This ground of Uzziahs dwelling in a sick house is added by the chronicler. Having been formally excluded as a leper from the sacred precincts, he was obliged to isolate himself from society. (Comp. Lev. 13:46.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
21. A several house Free from, or apart from, others, as the law required. Lev 13:46; Num 5:3. See note on 2Ki 15:5. Jotham his son was over the king’s house Thus the son was pro-rex some time before his father’s death.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ch 26:21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, [being] a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son [was] over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
Ver. 21. A leper until the day of his death. ] Some leprosy was curable, and some not.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
several house = the separate house, or lazar house.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
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Uzziah: 2Ki 15:5
dwelt: Lev 13:46, Num 5:2, Num 5:3, Num 12:15, 2Ki 7:3
several: Heb. free
Reciprocal: Num 12:14 – let her be Deu 24:9 – Miriam Mat 1:9 – Joatham Luk 17:12 – which
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 26:21. Uzziah was a leper unto the day of his death God would have this leprosy to be incurable, as a lasting monument of his anger against such presumptuous invaders of the priests office. Dwelt in a several house, &c. As he was obliged to do by law, which he durst not now resist, being under the hand of God, and under the fear of worse plagues, if he did not so. For he was cut off from the house of the Lord He dwelt in a several house, because he might not come into the temple and courts, nor consequently into any public assembly. So the punishment answers the sin, as face does to face in a glass. He thrust himself into the temple of God, whither the priests only had admission: and for that was thrust out of the very courts of the temple, into which the meanest of his subjects might enter. He invaded the dignity of the priesthood, to which he had no right, and is for that deprived of the royal dignity, to which he had an undoubted right.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
26:21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a {l} several house, [being] a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son [was] over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
(l) According to the commandment of the Lord, Lev 13:46.