2 Chronicles 26 · Verse 23

2 Chronicles 26:23

So 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.
2 Chronicles 26:23, King James Version

2 Chronicles 26:23 in other translations

BSBAnd Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings; for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
WEBSo 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.
ASVSo 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: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
YLTand Uzziah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him with his fathers, in the field of the burying-place that the kings have, for they said, ‘He is a leper;' and reign doth Jotham his son in his stead.
DARBYAnd Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the burial-ground of the kings, for they said, He is a leper. And Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
BBESo Uzziah went to rest with his fathers; and they put his body into the earth in the field used for the resting-place of the kings, for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son became king in his place.
WebsterSo 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.

What does 2 Chronicles 26:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. they buried him ... in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings--He was interred not in, but near, the sepulcher of the kings, as the corpse of a leper would have polluted it.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 They buried him - in the field of the burial - As he was a leper, he was not permitted to be buried in the common burial-place of the kings; as it was supposed that even a place of sepulture must be defiled by the body of one who had died of this most afflictive and dangerous malady.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 26:16-23

The transgression of the kings before Uzziah was, forsaking the temple of the Lord, and burning incense upon idolatrous altars. But his transgression was, going into the holy place, and attempting to burn incense upon the altar of God. See how hard it is to avoid one extreme, and not run into another. Pride of heart was at the bottom of his sin; a lust that ruins many. Instead of lifting up the name God in gratitude…

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2 Chronicles 26:23 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨בvai.yish.Kavand he lay downH7901
עֻזִּיָּ֜הוּ'u.zi.Ya.huUzziahH5818
עִם\־'im-withH5973
אֲבֹתָ֗יו'a.vo.Tavancestors hisH1
וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּvai.yik.be.Ruand people buriedH6912
אֹת֤וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
עִם\־'im-withH5973
אֲבֹתָיו֙'a.vo.Tavancestors hisH1
בִּשְׂדֵ֤הbis.Dehin [the] field ofH7704
הַקְּבוּרָה֙ha.ke.vu.Rah<the> graveH6900
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
לַמְּלָכִ֔יםla.me.la.Khim[belonged] to the kingsH4428
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
אָמְר֖וּ'a.me.Ruthey saidH559
מְצוֹרָ֣עme.tzo.Ra'[was] leprousH6879
ה֑וּאHu'heH1931
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.Lokhand he became kingH4427
יוֹתָ֥םyo.TamJothamH3147
בְּנ֖וֹbe.Noson hisH1121
תַּחְתָּֽיו\׃\ \פtach.Tavin place of himH8478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 26:23

  • 2 Chronicles 28:27

    And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Chronicles 21:20

    Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

  • 2 Chronicles 26:18

    And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the Lord God.

  • 2 Kings 15:6-7

    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? 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.

  • Isaiah 6:1

    In 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:20

    So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3246. B.C. 758. slept.
2Ki 15:6,7
they buried him.
18; 21:20; 28:27; 33:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Chronicles 26:22

    Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.

  • 2 Chronicles 26:23

    So 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.

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2 Chronicles 26:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y durmió Uzzías con sus padres, y sepultáronlo con sus padres en el campo de los sepulcros reales; porque dijeron: Leproso es. Y reinó Joatham su hijo en lugar suyo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Ozias s’endormit avec ses pères, et on l’enterra auprès de ses pères, dans le champ de la sépulture des rois; car on dit: Il est lépreux. Et Jotham, son fils, régna à sa place.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Ussija legte sich zu seinen Vätern, und man begrub ihn bei seinen Vätern auf dem Begräbnisacker der Könige; denn man sprach: Er ist aussätzig. Und Jotham, sein Sohn, ward König an seiner Statt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dormivitque Ozias cum patribus suis, et sepelierunt eum in agro regalium sepulchrorum, eo quod esset leprosus: regnavitque Joatham filius ejus pro eo.