The king's recognition — 'And the priests thrust him out quickly, and he also hurried to get out, because the LORD had struck him. And King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death, and being a leper lived in a separate house, for he was excluded from the house of the LORD; and Jotham his son was in charge of the king's house, governing the people of the land' (וַיִּנְגְּעוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים אִתּוֹ לָבוּז וַהוּא אַף־הִשְׁתַּדֵּל לַצֵּאת כִּי נְגָעוֹ יְהוָה וַיְהִי־עֻזִּיָּהוּ הַמֶּלֶךְ צָרוּעַ עַד־יוֹם מוֹתוֹ). Leprosy becomes Uzziah's permanent condition. The leper king is confined to 'a separate house' (בית חפשׁית, a house of freedom/isolation), excluded from the temple. His son Jotham assumes governance (נגיד בית המלך), indicating effective deposition.

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