And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. (A)Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. (B)And the Lord touched the king, so that he was a leper[a] to the day of his death, (C)and he lived in a separate house.[b] And Jotham the king's son was over the household, governing the people of the land.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 15:5 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
  2. 2 Kings 15:5 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

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