Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
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Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
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And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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And Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 20:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 32:33 Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 2:10 David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.
- 1 Kings 11:43 Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in his father David’s city; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 14:31 Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.
- 2 Kings 21:18 Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 26:23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” Jotham his son reigned in his place.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 20:21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and…
2Ki 20:21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
Ver. 21. And Hezekiah slept, &c.] He was most honourably buried, {2Ch 32:33} placed above all the house of David, as he exceeded them all in virtue.
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And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.] A degenerate plant of so noble a vine. Heroum filii noxae. Sic Caligula fuit optimi viri Germanici filius; sic Antonini, Commodus ille bipedum nequissimus.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 21. Slept with his fathers — According to 2Ch_32:33…
21. Slept with his fathers — According to 2Ch_32:33 he was “buried in the chiefest [rather, the ascent] of the sepulchres of the sons of David.” Why he was not buried in the royal sepulchre does not appear; surely not because he was unworthy, for none equalled him in trusting Jehovah, (2Ki_18:5,) “and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death.” 2Ch_32:33. Perhaps he had chosen this spot for his grave; or perhaps, as Thenius supposes, there was no more room in the royal tomb.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. Hezekiah slept with his fathers] The Chronicler adds…
21. Hezekiah slept with his fathers] The Chronicler adds ‘and they buried him in the chiefest (R.V. the ascent) of the sepulchres of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death’. The change of rendering in the R.V. is necessary and shews us that it was not in the tombs of the kings that Hezekiah was buried, but in some place of an elevated character near thereto. From this time the kings of Judah are no longer laid in the tombs of the kings.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Hezekiah slept with his fathers. The writer of…
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers. The writer of Chronicles adds, "And they buried him in the chiefest," or rather, in the topmost, "of the sepulchers of the sons of David". (2Ch_32:33) The catacomb of David being now full, Hezekiah and his descendants (2Ki_21:18, 26 23:30) had to he buried elsewhere. The tomb of Hezekiah was either over the catacomb of David, or on the ascent which led to it. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. (See 2Ch 50. s.c; and Josephus, "Ant. Jud:," 10:3.
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