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.
Parallel translations
- 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.
- BSB 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.
- 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 14:31Rehoboam 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.
- 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.
- Matt 1:9Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became 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 began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn’t do that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, like David his father,
- 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 1:2Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king. Let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.”
- 2 Kgs 16:1In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
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Amid the long decline toward exile, the promise to David's house refuses to die; the flickering lamp kept burning anticipates the coming King who will not fail or be cut off.
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