The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 26:19 Explained

2 Chronicles 26:19

KJV: Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.

YLT: And Uzziah is wroth, and in his hand is a censer to make perfume, and in his being wroth with the priests -- the leprosy hath risen in his forehead, before the priests, in the house of Jehovah, from beside the altar of perfume.

Darby: And Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the incense altar.

ASV: Then Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy brake forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the altar of incense.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then Uzziah  was wroth,  and [had] a censer  in his hand  to burn incense:  and while he was wroth  with the priests,  the leprosy  even rose up  in his forehead  before  the priests  in the house  of the LORD,  from beside the incense  altar. 

What does 2 Chronicles 26:19 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Chronicles 26:16-23 - The Penalty Of Pride
The offices of priest and king were rigorously kept apart throughout the history of Israel. Melchizedek's dual office is typical of the priestly reign of Christ, and had no counterpart in the Mosaic and Levitical ritual. Zechariah's prediction indicated an absolutely new era, Zechariah 6:12-13. The rash act of Uzziah was resisted by the priests, and the issue was decided by the terrible brand of leprosy which appeared suddenly upon his forehead. As the result of his attempt to flout the solemn sanctions of divine origin and authority, he lost even the religious privileges which he had enjoyed before.
However great God's goodness, and whatever be the position of usefulness to which we may attain, there are prescribed limits beyond which we may not go. We must not cast ourselves in willful abandonment from the pinnacle of the Temple. God's dearest children must not presume on their familiarity, and take liberties with His rules and ways. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 26

1  Uzziah succeeding, and reigning well in the days of Zechariah, prospers
16  Waxing proud, he invades the priest's office, and is smitten with leprosy
22  He dies, and Jotham succeeds him

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 26:19 mean?

And became furious Uzziah and in his hand he [had] a censer to burn incense and while he was angry with the priests and leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of Yahweh upon beside altar the incense
וַיִּזְעַף֙ עֻזִּיָּ֔הוּ וּבְיָד֥וֹ מִקְטֶ֖רֶת לְהַקְטִ֑יר וּבְזַעְפּ֣וֹ עִם־ הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים וְ֠הַצָּרַעַת זָרְחָ֨ה בְמִצְח֜וֹ לִפְנֵ֤י הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה מֵעַ֖ל לְמִזְבַּ֥ח הַקְּטֹֽרֶת

וַיִּזְעַף֙  And  became  furious 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: זָעַף 
Sense: to fret, be sad, be wroth, be vexed, be enraged, be out of humour.
עֻזִּיָּ֔הוּ  Uzziah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֻזִּיָּה 
Sense: son of king Amaziah of Judah and king of Judah himself for 52 years; also ‘Azariah’.
וּבְיָד֥וֹ  and  in  his  hand 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
מִקְטֶ֖רֶת  he  [had]  a  censer 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִקְטֶרֶת  
Sense: censer.
לְהַקְטִ֑יר  to  burn  incense 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: מֻקְטָר 
Sense: .
וּבְזַעְפּ֣וֹ  and  while  he  was  angry 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: זָעַף 
Sense: to fret, be sad, be wroth, be vexed, be enraged, be out of humour.
הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים  the  priests 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
וְ֠הַצָּרַעַת  and  leprosy 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָרַעַת  
Sense: leprosy.
זָרְחָ֨ה  broke  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: זָרַח  
Sense: to rise, come forth, break out, arise, rise up, shine.
בְמִצְח֜וֹ  on  his  forehead 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מֵצַח  
Sense: brow, forehead.
לִפְנֵ֤י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙  the  priests 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
בְּבֵ֣ית  in  the  house 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יְהוָ֔ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מֵעַ֖ל  upon 
Parse: Preposition-m
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
לְמִזְבַּ֥ח  beside  altar 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִזְבֵּחַ  
Sense: altar.
הַקְּטֹֽרֶת  the  incense 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: קְטֹרֶת  
Sense: incense, smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice.

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