And the Lord smote the king— See on 2 Chronicles 26:19. In a several house, is rendered by Houbigant, a separate or remote house.
REFLECTIONS.—Azariah began young to reign, and sat very long upon the throne of Judah; and, like his immediate ancestors, his first days were his best. The common fault of the high places remained, and for daring to intrude into the priest's office, he was struck with leprosy, secluded from society till his death, and Jotham his son administered in his room, as viceroy, the affairs of the kingdom. Note; (1.) Those who walk in pride, God is able to abase. (2.) One stroke of disease can make the mightiest monarch loathsome to others, and a burden to himself. (3.) God, when he has pardoned the guilt of our sins, may yet correct us long with temporal afflictions, and bring us under them even to the grave.