2 Kings 13:9

9 And Joachaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria: and Joas, his son, reigned in his stead.

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 And Joachaz had no more left of the people than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen: for the king of Syria had slain them, and had brought them low as dust by threshing in the barnfloor.
8 But the rest of the acts of Joachaz, and all that he did, and his valour, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
9 And Joachaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria: and Joas, his son, reigned in his stead.
10 In the seven and thirtieth year of Joas, king of Juda, Joas the son of Joachaz reigned over Israel, in Samaria, sixteen years.
11 And he did that which is evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin; but he walked in them.
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