Jehu slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria. Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.
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- KJV And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
- BSB And Jehu rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Jehoahaz reigned in his place.
- NKJV So Jehu rested with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. Then Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.
- NASB And Jehu lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And his son Jehoahaz became king in his place.
- NLT When Jehu died, he was buried in Samaria. Then his son Jehoahaz became the next king.
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- 2 Sam 7:12When your days are fulfilled, and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who will proceed out of your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Kgs 2:10David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.
- 1 Kgs 14:20The days which Jeroboam reigned were twenty two years, then he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kgs 14:31Rehoboam 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.
- 1 Kgs 1:21Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals.”
- 2 Kgs 13:1In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria for seventeen years.
- 2 Kgs 13:7–8For he didn’t leave to Jehoahaz of the people any more than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing.
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