Commentaire sur Chroniques 2 26:21
וַיְהִי֩ עֻזִּיָּ֨הוּ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ מְצֹרָ֣ע ׀ עַד־י֣וֹם מוֹת֗וֹ וַיֵּ֜שֶׁב בֵּ֤ית החפשות [הַֽחָפְשִׁית֙] מְצֹרָ֔ע כִּ֥י נִגְזַ֖ר מִבֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וְיוֹתָ֤ם בְּנוֹ֙ עַל־בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ שׁוֹפֵ֖ט אֶת־עַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃
Le roi Ouzzia resta atteint de lèpre jusqu’au jour de sa mort et demeura lépreux dans une maison d’isolement, car il avait été retranché du temple de l’Éternel. Jotham, son fils, préposé au palais du roi, gouvernait les gens du pays.
Rashi on II Chronicles
in a house of retirement Heb. בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית. And in Yerushalmi (unknown) it is explained that he made himself a house in the cemetery, reminiscent of (Ps. 88:6): “Among the dead, a free man (חָפְשִׁי) .”
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Rashi on II Chronicles
for it had been decreed upon him to come no longer among people, similar to (Esther 2:1): “and that which was decreed upon her.”
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