Bible Strands
2 Kings 15:38
And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the conclusion of King Jotham’s reign and the immediate succession of his son Ahaz following Jotham’s death.
The words — וַיִּשְׁכַּב (va-yish-kav) translates literally to “and he lay down,” and וַיִּקָּבֵר (va-yi-ka-ver) means “and he was buried,” both describing Jotham’s physical death and interment.
The thread — The narrator places this royal transition alongside earlier accounts of dynastic succession, such as Jeroboam’s son Nadab taking the throne in 1 Kings 14:20 and the promise regarding David’s line in 2 Samuel 7:12.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that political authority transfers through established familial lines while historical events, like the Assyrian and Aramean threats noted in the preceding verse, continue without interruption.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 7:12 And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Kings 1:2 So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
- 1 Kings 14:20 And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab 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.
- 2 Kings 16:1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
- 2 Chronicles 28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
- Matthew 1:9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.