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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler’s narrator concludes the reign of King Ahaz in Jerusalem, immediately after citing the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel as the source for his deeds. The account shifts from his political and religious actions to his death and the dynastic succession of his son.
The words — The text highlights וַיִּשְׁכַּב (wa-yish-kav), meaning “and he lay down,” paired with וַיִּקְבְּרוּהוּ (wa-yik-be-ru-hu), meaning “and they buried him.” These verbs mark his death as a finalized state and specify that his interment occurred within Jerusalem’s city limits rather than the royal cemetery.
The thread — The narrator records Ahaz’s exclusion from the tombs of the kings of Israel, a burial denial that parallels Jehoram’s omission in 2 Chronicles 21:20. This pattern of restricted royal burial appears alongside the warning in 1 Samuel 2:30 that those who despise God’s house will be dishonored.
Why it lands — The text states that Ahaz was buried in Jerusalem but not among his royal predecessors, then notes that his son Hezekiah took the throne. A reader must recognize that the Chronicler uses burial location as a factual marker of royal legitimacy and divine judgment, requiring an assessment of Ahaz’s reign based on this explicit exclusion rather than his political longevity.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah 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- 2 Chronicles 24:25 And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
- 1 Samuel 2:30 Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 33:20 And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
- Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- Isaiah 14:28 In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received: