2 Kings 22:20
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| Overview - 2 Kings 22 | |
| 1 | Josiah's good reign. |
| 3 | He takes care for the repair of the temple. |
| 8 | Hilkiah having found a book of the law, Josiah sends to Huldah to enquire of the Lord. |
| 15 | Huldah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, but respite thereof in Josiah's time. |
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2 Kings 22:20 (King James Version)
Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
- I will gather
- Genesis 25:8 ; Deuteronomy 31:16 ; 1 Chronicles 17:11 ; 2 Chronicles 34:28
- thou shalt
- During thy life, none of these calamities shall fall upon thee nor thy people; no adversary shall be permitted to disturb the peace of Judea; and thou shalt at last "be gathered into thy grave in peace." Now, though it is stated that Pharaoh-Necho slew him at Megiddo, yet the Assyrians and the Jews were at peace; and though Josiah might feel it his duty to oppose the Egyptian king's going against his friend and ally, and that, in his endeavours to oppose him, he was mortally wounded at Megiddo, yet certainly he was not killed there, but was brought to Jerusalem, where he died in peace.
- gathered
- 2 Kings 23:29 2 Kings 23:30 Psalms 37:37 ; Isaiah 57:1 Isaiah 57:2 ; Jeremiah 22:10 Jeremiah 22:15 Jeremiah 22:16