The death notice — 'And Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son was in charge of the king's house, governing the people of the land' (וַיִּשְׁכַּב עֻזִּיָּהוּ עִם־אֲבֹתָיו וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתוֹ עִם־אֲבֹתָיו בִּשְׁדֵה־הַקֶּבֶר אֲשֶׁר לִמְלָכִים). Uzziah dies in isolation, yet is buried with royal ancestors 'in the field of the tomb of the kings' (בשׂדה הקבר אשׁר למלכים). The qualification 'for they said, He is a leper' (כי אמרו צרוע הוא) emphasizes the stigma even in burial.

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