They withstood. — ‘Amad ‘al, a late usage. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 21:1.)

It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense. — Comp. the construction (1 Chronicles 15:2).

Trespassed.Done faithlessly (ma’al), 2 Chronicles 26:16.

Neither shall it be... Lord God. — Literally, and not to thee (is it) for honour from Jehovah; i.e., thine act will not issue in honour, as thou thinkest, but in shame. Or, perhaps, And burning incense belongs not to thee as a prerogative from Jehovah (‘ên, not lô,’ would be more natural).

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