2 Kings 15:5:
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 king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
Notes on 2 Kings 15:5:
2 Chronicles 26:16-21 explains this incident more fully. The king’s sin was performing a function that only priests were authorized to perform. As with the case of Uzzah, God showed that he does not take it lightly when a man knowingly mishandles the holy things of God. The king’s pride caused him to take the things of God too lightly, a mistake that cost some of the Corinthians their lives in the New Testament (1 Corinthians 11:27-32).
See also:
Sickness as Chastening and Judgment in the Old Testament
Condition: Leprosy