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2 Kings 8:24
And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the death and succession of King Jehoram of Judah at the conclusion of his reign.
The words — וַיִּשְׁכַּב (va/yishkab) translates literally as "and he lay down," and וַיִּקָּבֵר (va/yikkaver) means "and he was buried," both serving as standard Hebrew euphemisms for death and interment.
The thread — The burial location and succession formula mirror the record in 2 Chronicles 21:1 concerning Jehoshaphat and his son Jehoram. The timeline of this transition is anchored in 2 Kings 8:25, which dates Ahaziah's accession to the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to track dynastic continuity and recognize that royal deaths are recorded as administrative transitions within Judah’s official chronicles.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah 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.
- 2 Chronicles 21:17 So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.
- 2 Chronicles 22:6 So he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
- 2 Chronicles 25:23 There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
- 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 14:20 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.
- 1 Chronicles 3:11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
- 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.