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2 Kings 15:5 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 15 · verse 5
And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land.2 Kings 15:5 · King James Version
2 Kings 15:5 in context
3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
4Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
5And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
6And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
7So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- severalchophshûwthprostration by sicknessH2669 →
- JothamYôwthâmJotham, the name of three IsraelitesH3147 →
- smotenâgaʻproperly, to touchH5060 →
- lepertsâraʻto scourgeH6879 →
- deathmâvethdeathH4194 →
- dweltyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
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This is a short account of the reign of Azariah. 1. Most of it is general, and the same that has been given of others; he began young and reigned long (Kg2 15:2), did, for the most part, that which was right, Kg2 15:3 (it was happy for the kingdom that a good reign was a long one), only he had not zeal and courage…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7