KJV King James Version
So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
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2 Kings 15:7
So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
WEB World English Bible
Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
ASV American Standard Version
And Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Azariah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him with his fathers, in the city of David, and reign doth Jotham his son in his stead.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 15
4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son [was] over the house, judging the people of the land.
6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
9 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
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וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downעֲזַרְיָה֙H5838 · a.zar.yahAzariahעִם־H5973 · imwithאֲבֹתָ֔יוH1 · avfatherוַיִּקְבְּר֥וּH6912 · qa.varto buryאֹת֛וֹH853 · et[Obj.]עִם־H5973 · imwithאֲבֹתָ֖יוH1 · avfatherבְּעִ֣ירH5892 · irexcitementדָּוִ֑דH1732 · da.vidDavidוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignיוֹתָ֥םH3147 · yo.tamJothamבְּנ֖וֹH1121 · benson: childתַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: under
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 26:23So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which [belonged] to the kings; for they said, He [is] a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.Isaiah 6:1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
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