2 Kings 13:9

9 So Jehoahaz slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in Samaria; then his son Joash succeeded him.

2 Kings 13:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 13:9

And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers
Died, as they did:

and they buried him in Samaria;
where Omri, and all the kings of Israel, that descended from him, were buried:

and Joash his son reigned in his stead;
of whom a short account is given in the following verses.

2 Kings 13:9 In-Context

7 So Jehoahaz was left with an army of not more than fifty horsemen, ten chariots and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.

8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz and all that he did, including his might, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?

9 So Jehoahaz slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in Samaria; then his son Joash succeeded him.

10 In the thirty-seventh year of King Joash of Judah, Jehoash son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria; he reigned sixteen years.

11 He also did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to sin, but he walked in them.