15:5 And the LORD {b} 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, {c} judging the people of the land.
(b) His father and grandfather were slain by their subjects and servants, and he because he would usurp the priest's office contrary to God's ordinance was smitten immediately by the hand of God with the leprosy, 2Ch 26:21.
(c) As viceroy or deputy to his father.
15:5 A leper - The cause whereof see 2Chron 26:16.
15:1-7 Uzziah did for the most part that which was right. It was happy for the kingdom that a good reign was a long one.
