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.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
- 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.
- 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.
- NASB 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.
- NLT When Jotham died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. And his son Ahaz became the next king.
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Quick answer
Jotham dies and is buried with his fathers, and his son Ahaz succeeds him. The Davidic line passes to a far less faithful king.
Overview
Jotham's peaceful burial in the city of David affirms God's ongoing preservation of the royal line. The succession of Ahaz, however, signals a sharp spiritual decline ahead. The continuity of David's house through even an ungodly heir testifies to God's faithfulness to His covenant promise rather than to the worthiness of the kings.
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Cross-references · 8
- 1 Kgs 14:31And 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.
- 2 Sam 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.
- Matt 1:9Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
- 1 Chr 3:13Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
- 2 Chr 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.
- 1 Kgs 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.
- 1 Kgs 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.”
- 2 Kgs 16:1In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.
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