But when he had become powerful, he also became proud, which led to his downfall. He sinned against the Lord by entering the sanctuary of the Lord’s Temple and personally burning incense on the incense altar. Azariah the high priest came after him with eighty other priests of the Lord, all brave men. They confronted Uzziah and said, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord. That is the work of the priests alone, the descendants of Aaron who are set apart for this work. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have sinned. The Lord will not honor you for this!”
Uzziah, who was holding an incense burner, became furious. But he as he was standing there raging before the priest at the incense altar in the Lord’s Temple, leprosy suddenly broke out on his forehead. When the Azariah the high priest and al the other priests saw the leprosy, they rushed him out. And the king himself was eager to get out because the Lord had struck him. So King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in isolation in a separate house, for the was excluded from the Temple of the Lord. His son Jotham was put in charge of the royal palace, and he governed the people of the land. (vv. 16-21, NLT)