2 CHRONICLES 26:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.”
The sacrilege — the incense burning — 'For he entered the temple of the LORD to make an offering on the altar of incense' (וַיָּבֹא אֶל־הֵיכַל יְהוָה לְהַקְטִיר עַל־מִזְבַּח הַקְּטֹרֶת). Uzziah enters the temple inner sanctuary (הֵיכַל) to burn incense on the altar — a priestly prerogative exclusively. The violation is both political (kingly usurpation of priestly function) and religious (desecration of sacred space).
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