2 Kings 15:7

7 Azariah rested with his ancestors and was buried near them in the City of David. And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.

2 Kings 15:7 in Other Translations

KJV
7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
ESV
7 And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
NLT
7 When Uzziah died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. And his son Jotham became the next king.
MSG
7 Azariah died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Jotham his son was king after him.
CSB
7 Azariah rested with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David. His son Jotham became king in his place.

2 Kings 15:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:7

So Azariah slept with his fathers
Or died, when he had reigned fifty two years:

and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David;
but not in the sepulchres of the kings, but in the field of the burial, or the burying ground which belonged to them, because he was a leper, ( 2 Chronicles 26:23 ) . Benjamin of Tudela F16 places his grave near the pillar of Absalom, and the fountain of Siloah, near the brook Kidron:

and Jotham his son reigned in his stead;
who reigned sixteen years; a further account of him, and his reign, we have in the latter part of this chapter, after the reigns of several of the kings of Israel.


FOOTNOTES:

F16 Itinerar. p. 43.

2 Kings 15:7 In-Context

5 The LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, and he lived in a separate house. Jotham the king’s son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
6 As for the other events of Azariah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
7 Azariah rested with his ancestors and was buried near them in the City of David. And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.
8 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned six months.
9 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his predecessors had done. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Isaiah 6:1; Isaiah 14:28
  • 2. S ver 5
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