2 Chronicles 26:23

26:23 Uzziah passed away and was buried near his ancestors in a cemetery belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.) His son Jotham replaced him as king.

Isaiah 6:1

Isaiah’s Commission

6:1 In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the sovereign master seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the temple.


tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

tn Heb “fathers.”

tn Heb “a field of burial.”

tn Heb “for they said, ‘He had a skin disease.’”

sn That is, approximately 740 b.c.

tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 8, 11 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).