2 Kings 15:38

2 Kings 15:38 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David, the city of his father. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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 place.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Jotham rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

Context of 2 Kings 15:38

36As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 37(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.) 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.

2 Kings 15:38 word by word

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב יוֹתָם֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵר֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו בְּעִ֖יר דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֑יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אָחָ֥ז בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פRead the interlinear

• And Jothamיוֹתָםyôthâm · JothamH3147
• restedשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: be deadH7901
• withעִם‛im · withH5973
• his fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• and was buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• in the Cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• And his sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Ahazאָחָז'âchâz · AhazH271
• reignedמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• in his placeתַּחַתtachath · underneath: insteadH8478

Cross-references for 2 Kings 15:38

• 2 Samuel 7:12And 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 1:2So 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 14:20And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
• 2 Kings 16:1In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.
• 1 Chronicles 3:13Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
• 2 Chronicles 28:1Ahaz 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 1:9Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 15:38

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-38Verses 32-38 Jotham showed great respect to the temple. If magistrates cannot do all they would, for the suppressing of vice and profaneness, let them do the more to support and advance piety and virtue.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 15:38

• Ahaz
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jotham

In the dictionaries

• Ahaz
• David
• Jotham
• City of David
• Burial
• Assyria
• God, Names of
• Uzziah; (azariah)

Commentaries on 2 Kings 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings