And the Lord struck the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelt in a free house apart. But Joatham the king's son governed the palace, and judged the people of the land.
See ye that I alone am, and there is no other God besides me: I will kill and I will make to live. I will strike, and I will heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
Nevertheless, because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the child that is born to thee shall surely die.