2 Chronicles 26:23
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Uzziah rested with his ancestors and was buried near them in a cemetery that belonged to the kings, for people said, “He had leprosy.” And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.
Read 2 Chronicles 26:23 Using Other Translations
So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
And Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the burial field that belonged to the kings, for they said, "He is a leper." And Jotham his son reigned in his place.
When Uzziah died, he was buried with his ancestors; his grave was in a nearby burial field belonging to the kings, for the people said, “He had leprosy.” And his son Jotham became the next king.
What does 2 Chronicles 26:23 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
2 Chronicles
26:23
FOOTNOTES:
F5 Works, vol. 1. p. 99.
So Uzziah slept with his fathers
Died as they did, the same year, according to Dr. Lightfoot
F5, in which he was smitten with the
leprosy; and in the year of his death it was Isaiah had the
vision related in ( Isaiah 6:1 )
and they buried him with his fathers; (See Gill on 2 Kings 15:7).
F5 Works, vol. 1. p. 99.
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