The palace as leper’s colony

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The palace as leper’s colony

SOMETIME around 740 BC, Uzziah, King of Judah, bought himself leprosy with the currency of haughtiness. He wanted to transmute into a priest and burn incense. Here’s how 2 Chronicles 26 records his tragedy: “And they (priests) withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto […]

The palace as leper’s colony
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