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Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 15:5

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2 Kings15:5

5 ¶ And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house : and Jotham the kings son was over the house, judging the people of the land .

The cause whereof see 2 Chron. 26. 16.

Separated from conversation with others by vertue of that Law, Lev. 13. 46. which being the Law of the King of kings, bound kings no less than subjects.

i. e. He governed the Kings Court and whole Kingdom, in his name, and as his Vicegerent.

Marginal references: 2 Chr. 26. 19.

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