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2 Chronicles 26:23
And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings, for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The chronicler concludes the narrative of Uzziah’s reign after his leprosy, recording his death and the immediate succession of his son Jotham.
The words — The text employs וַיִּשְׁכַּב (va.yishkab, "and he lay down") and וַיִּקְבְּרוּ (va.yikberu, "and they buried him") alongside עִם־אֲבֹתָיו (im-avotav, "with his ancestors") to describe the burial arrangement. These terms are paired with the explicit note that the people cited his leprosy as the reason for his interment in a separate royal field.
The thread — The chronicler uses this burial pattern to parallel Jehoram’s death in 2 Chronicles 21:20 and to contrast with Ahaz’s exclusion from the royal tombs in 2 Chronicles 28:27. The formulaic recording of royal acts before burial details also aligns with the note on Azariah in 2 Kings 15:6.
Why it lands — The verse documents a factual succession and a burial modification dictated by ritual status, requiring the reader to track how physical condition altered royal protocol and how the chronicler marks the end of one reign and the start of another.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
- 2 Chronicles 28:27 And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:6 As for the rest of the acts of Azariah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
- 2 Chronicles 26:18 They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.”
- 2 Chronicles 33:20 And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
- Isaiah 6:1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.