2 Kings 15 · Verse 38

2 Kings 15:38

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.
2 Kings 15:38, King James Version

2 Kings 15:38 in other translations

BSBAnd 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.
WEBJotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd Jotham lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers, in the city of David his father, and reign doth Ahaz his son in his stead.
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEAnd Jotham went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 2 Kings 15:38 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 15:32-38

Jotham showed great respect to the temple. If magistrates cannot do all they would, for the suppressing of vice and profaneness, let them do the more to support and advance piety and virtue.

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2 Kings 15:38 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvai.yish.Kavand he lay downH7901
יוֹתָם֙yo.TamJothamH3147
עִם\־'im-withH5973
אֲבֹתָ֔יו'a.vo.Tavancestors hisH1
וַיִּקָּבֵר֙vai.yi.ka.Verand he was buriedH6912
עִם\־'im-withH5973
אֲבֹתָ֔יו'a.vo.Tavancestors hisH1
בְּעִ֖ירbe.'Irin [the] city ofH5892
דָּוִ֣דda.VidDavidH1732
אָבִ֑יו'a.Vivancestor hisH1
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.Lokhand he became kingH4427
אָחָ֥ז'a.ChazAhazH271
בְּנ֖וֹbe.Noson hisH1121
תַּחְתָּֽיו\׃\ \פtach.Tavin place of himH8478

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

Cross references for 2 Kings 15:38

  • 1 Chronicles 3:13

    Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

  • 1 Kings 1:2

    Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.

  • 1 Kings 14:20

    And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Kings 16:1

    In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:1

    Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, like David his father:

  • 2 Samuel 7:12

    And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

  • Matthew 1:9

    And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;

  • 1 Kings 14:31

    And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jotham.
2Sa 7:12; 1Ki 1:2; 14:20,31
Ahaz.
16:1; 1Ch 3:13; 2Ch 28:1; Mt 1:9
Achaz.

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Context

  • 2 Kings 15:37

    In those days the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

  • 2 Kings 15:38

    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.

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2 Kings 15:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y durmió Jotham con sus padres, y fué sepultado con sus padres en la ciudad de David su padre: y reinó en su lugar Achâz su hijo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Jotham s’endormit avec ses pères, et fut enterré avec ses pères dans la ville de David, son père; et Achaz, son fils, régna à sa place.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jotham legte sich zu seinen Vätern, und er wurde begraben bei seinen Vätern in der Stadt seines Vaters David. Und Ahas, sein Sohn, ward König an seiner Statt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et dormivit Joatham cum patribus suis, sepultusque est cum eis in civitate David patris sui: et regnavit Achaz filius ejus pro eo.