⁵ The Lord afflicted^(A) the king with leprosy^[a] until the day he died, and he lived in a separate house.^[b](B) Jotham^(C) the king’s son had charge of the palace^(D) and governed the people of the land.

²⁰ When Azariah the chief priest and all the other priests looked at him, they saw that he had leprosy on his forehead, so they hurried him out. Indeed, he himself was eager to leave, because the Lord had afflicted him.

²¹ King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house^[a](A)—leprous, and banned from the temple of the Lord. Jotham his son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

¹² As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy^[a](A) met him. They stood at a distance^(B)