2 Kings 14 · Verse 29

2 Kings 14:29

And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 14:29, King James Version

2 Kings 14:29 in other translations

BSB	And Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. And his son Zechariah reigned in his place.
WEB	Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.
ASV	And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead.
YLT	And Jeroboam lieth with his fathers, with the kings of Israel, and reign doth Zechariah his son in his stead.
DARBY	And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead.
BBE	And Jeroboam went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son became king in his place.
Webster	And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.

What does 2 Kings 14:29 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 29 Jeroboam slept with his fathers - He died a natural death; and was regularly succeeded by his son Zachariah, who, reigning badly, was, after six months, slain by Shallum, who succeeded him, and reigned but one month, being slain by Menahem, who succeeded him, and reigned ten years over Israel. Amos the prophet lived in the reign of Jeroboam; and was accused by Amaziah, one of the idolatrous priests of Beth-el, of having predicted the death of Jeroboam by the sword, but this was a slander: what he did predict, and which came afterwards to pass, may be seen Amo 7:10-17. The interregnum referred to in the margin cannot be accounted for in a satisfactory manner.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 14:23-29

God raised up the prophet Jonah, and by him declared the purposes of his favour to Israel. It is a sign that God has not cast off his people, if he continues faithful ministers among them. Two reasons are given why God blessed them with those victories: 1. Because the distress was very great, which made them objects of his compassion. 2. Because the decree was not yet gone forth for their destruction. Many prophets…

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2 Kings 14:29 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvai.yish.Kavand he lay downH7901

יָֽרָבְעָם֙ya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379

עִם\־'im-withH5973

אֲבֹתָ֔יו'a.vo.Tavancestors hisH1

עִ֖ם'imwithH5973

מַלְכֵ֣יmal.Khei[the] kings ofH4428

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.Lokhand he became kingH4427

זְכַרְיָ֥הze.khar.YahZechariahH2148

בְנ֖וֹve.Noson hisH1121

תַּחְתָּֽיו\׃\ \פtach.Tavin place of himH8478

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

Cross references for 2 Kings 14:29

2 Kings 15:8
In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 3220. B.C. 784. Zachariah.
15:8
reigned."After an interregnum of eleven years."

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

Context

2 Kings 14:28
Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings 14:29
And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.

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2 Kings 14:29 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y durmió Jeroboam con sus padres, los reyes de Israel, y reinó en su lugar Zachârías su hijo.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et Jéroboam s’endormit avec ses pères, avec les rois d’Israël; et Zacharie, son fils, régna à sa place.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Jerobeam legte sich zu seinen Vätern, zu den Königen von Israel. Und Sekarja, sein Sohn, ward König an seiner Statt.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Dormivitque Jeroboam cum patribus suis regibus Israël, et regnavit Zacharias filius ejus pro eo.