Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Uzziah" in English language version.
An earthquake that ripped apart Solomon's Temple was mentioned in the Bible and described in colorful detail by Josephus – and now geologists show what really happened.
Uzziah...went into the temple to offer incense to God upon the golden altar ...In the mean time a great earthquake shook the ground and a rent was made in the temple, and the bright rays of the sun shone through it, and fell upon the king's face, insomuch that the leprosy seized upon him immediately. And before the city, at a place called Eroge, half the mountain broke off from the rest on the west, and rolled itself four furlongs, and stood still at the east mountain, till the roads, as well as the king's gardens, were spoiled by the obstruction.
