High Priest
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. 2 Chronicles 26:16–18
A king tries to take the priest's office without being called and is struck with leprosy. Scripture teaches that no man takes this honor to himself, and that Christ was called by His Father to be both King and High Priest, the one person rightly holding both.
A readingEchoAn echo of Him
- a parallel account in 2 Kings 15:5 — Brief parallel noting the LORD smote the king with leprosy.