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Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in David’s city; and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
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Verse 7. David: or, Oziaas slept … and they buried him in the field of the royal sepulchre, because he was a leper, and Joatham, &chapter 2 Chronicles 26:23. Bible.—Such an aversion had people for lepers, that they would not even bury them with others. Calmet.—Yet he was treated with some honour. Worthington.
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