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1 Kings 22:50
And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the conclusion of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah immediately following his refusal to let Ahaziah’s servants join his own for a maritime expedition (1 Kings 22:49).
The words — The Hebrew verb וַיִּשְׁכַּב (va-yish-kav) literally means “he laid down,” serving as a standard biblical idiom for death, while וַיִּקָּבֵר (va-yi-ka-ver) means “he was buried.”
The thread — This exact burial and succession formula appears for David in 1 Kings 2:10, for Solomon in 1 Kings 11:43, and for Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 21:1.
Why it lands — The text provides a neutral administrative record of royal death, interment location, and dynastic transfer, requiring the reader to track the factual continuity of Judah’s monarchy without theological elaboration.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 21:1 And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 2:10 Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
- 1 Kings 11:43 And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 14:31 And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:24 And Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 22:40 And Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 8:16 In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 21:5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.