Kings II 21:18

18 And after this there was a battle again with the Philistines in Geth: then Sebocha the Astatothite slew Seph of the progeny of Rapha.

Kings II 21:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 21:18

And Manasseh slept with his fathers
] Or died, after a reign of fifty five years, and a life of sixty seven:

and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza;
whether the burial of him here was his own choice, judging himself unworthy to lie with the kings of Judah, who had been guilty of such great sins, or whether the will of others, on the same account, is not certain; and as much at a loss are we for the reason of this garden being called the garden of Uzza, whether from Uzzah that died for touching the ark, ( 2 Samuel 6:6 2 Samuel 6:7 ) or from King Uzziah, ( 2 Kings 15:7 ) . The Jews buried in gardens in the times of Christ, who himself was buried in one, ( John 19:41 ) . The Romans had sometimes sepulchres in their gardens ^F7, Galba the emperor was buried in his gardens ^F8; and so had other nations. Cyrus king of Persia was buried in a garden ^F9:

and Amon his son reigned in his stead;
of whom we have the following account.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Vid. Kirchman. de Funer. Romas. l. 2. c. 22. p. 274.
F8 Eutrop. Hist. Roman. l. 7. Sueton. Vit. Galb. c. 20. Tacit. Hist. l. 1. c. 49.
F9 Strabo. Geograph l. 15. p. 502.

Kings II 21:18 In-Context

16 And Jesbi, who was of the progeny of Rapha, and the head of whose spear three hundred shekels of brass in weight, who also was girt with a club, even he thought to smite David.

17 And Abessa the son of Saruia helped him and smote the Philistine, and slew him. Then the men of David swore, saying, Thou shalt not any longer go out with us to battle, and thou shalt not quench the lamp of Israel.

18 And after this there was a battle again with the Philistines in Geth: then Sebocha the Astatothite slew Seph of the progeny of Rapha.

19 And there was a battle in Rom with the Philistines; and Eleanan son of Ariorgim the Bethleemite slew Goliath the Gittite; and the staff of his spear as a weaver's beam.

20 And there was yet a battle in Geth: and there was a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet six on each, four and twenty in number: and he also was born to Rapha.