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

36Now as for the rest of the acts of Jotham which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 37In those days the Lord began to send Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah. And Jotham lay down with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David; and his son Ahaz became king 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
• layשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: be deadH7901
• downשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: be deadH7901
• with his fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• and he was buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• in the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• and his sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Ahazאָחָז'âchâz · AhazH271
• becameמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• kingמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• inתַּחַתtachath · underneath: insteadH8478
• his placeתַּחַתtachath · underneath: insteadH8478

Cross-references for 2 Kings 15:38

• 2 Samuel 7:12When your days are finished and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from you, and I will establish his kingdom.
• 1 Kings 1:2So his servants said to him, “Have them search for a young virgin for my lord the king, and have her attend the king and become his nurse; and have her lie on your chest, so that my lord the king may keep warm.”
• 1 Kings 14:20And the time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years; and he lay down with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
• 2 Kings 16:1In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king.
• 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 for sixteen years. He did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord as his father David had done.
• Matthew 1:9Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered 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