2 Kings 23 · Verse 30

2 Kings 23:30

And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.
2 Kings 23:30, King James Version

2 Kings 23:30 in other translations

BSBFrom Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
WEBHis servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.
ASVAnd his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.
YLTAnd his servants cause him to ride dying from Megiddo, and bring him in to Jerusalem, and bury him in his own grave, and the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and anoint him, and cause him to reign instead of his father.
DARBYAnd his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
BBEAnd his servants took his body in a carriage from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and put him into the earth there. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and put the holy oil on him and made him king in place of his father.
WebsterAnd his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulcher. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

What does 2 Kings 23:30 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 Dead from Megiddo - The word מת meth should here be considered as a participle, dying, for it is certain he was not dead: he was mortally wounded at Megiddo, was carried in a dying state to Jerusalem, and there he died and was buried. See 2Chr 35:24. Herodotus, lib. i., c. 17, 18, 25, and lib. ii. 159, appears to refer to the same war which is here mentioned. He says that Nechoh, in the sixth year of his reign, went to attack the king of Assyria at Magdolum, gained a complete victory, and took Cadytis. Usher and others believe that Magdolum and Megiddo were the same place. The exact place of the battle seems to have been Hadadrimmon, in the valley of Megiddo, for there Zechariah tells us 2Kgs 12:11, was the great mourning for Josiah. Compare this with 2Chr 35:24, 2Chr 35:25.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 23:25-30

Upon reading these verses, we must say, Lord, though thy righteousness be as the great mountains, evident, plainly to be seen, and past dispute; yet thy judgments are a great deep, unfathomable, and past finding out. The reforming king is cut off in the midst of his usefulness, in mercy to him, that he might not see the evil coming upon his kingdom: but in wrath to his people, for his death was an inlet to their…

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2 Kings 23:30 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּרְכִּבֻ֨הוּvai.yar.ki.Vu.huand they made ride himH7392
עֲבָדָ֥יו'a.va.Davservants hisH5650
מֵת֙metdeadH4191
מִמְּגִדּ֔וֹmi.me.gi.Dofrom MegiddoH4023
וַיְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙vay.vi.'U.huand they brought himH935
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֖הוּvai.yik.be.Ru.huand they buried himH6912
בִּקְבֻֽרָת֑וֹbik.vu.ra.Toin own grave hisH6900
וַיִּקַּ֣חvai.yi.Kachand it tookH3947
עַם\־'am-[the] people ofH5971
הָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהֽוֹאָחָז֙ye.ho.'a.ChazJehoahazH3059
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
יֹ֣אשִׁיָּ֔הוּyo.shi.Ya.huJosiahH2977
וַיִּמְשְׁח֥וּvai.yim.she.Chuand they anointedH4886
אֹת֛וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּvai.yam.Li.khuand they made kingH4427
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
תַּ֥חַתTa.chatin place ofH8478
אָבִֽיו\׃\ \פ'a.Vivfather hisH1

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Cross references for 2 Kings 23:30

  • 2 Kings 9:28

    And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:1-4

    Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem. Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

  • 2 Kings 21:24

    And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

  • 2 Kings 14:21

    And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

  • 2 Chronicles 35:24

    His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

  • 1 Kings 22:33-38

    And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. …

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servants.
9:28; 1Ki 22:33-38; 2Ch 35:24
the people.
14:21; 21:24; 2Ch 36:1,2-4

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Context

  • 2 Kings 23:29

    In his days Pharaoh–nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

  • 2 Kings 23:30

    And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.

  • 2 Kings 23:31

    Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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2 Kings 23:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y sus siervos lo pusieron en un carro, y trajéronlo muerto de Megiddo á Jerusalem, y sepultáronlo en su sepulcro. Entonces el pueblo de la tierra tomó á Joachâz hijo de Josías, y ungiéronle y pusiéronlo por rey en lugar de su padre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et de Meguiddo, ses serviteurs l’emportèrent mort sur un char, et l’amenèrent à Jérusalem, et l’enterrèrent dans son sépulcre. Et le peuple du pays prit Joakhaz, fils de Josias, et ils l’oignirent et le firent roi à la place de son père.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und seine Knechte führten ihn zu Wagen tot von Megiddo hinweg und brachten ihn nach Jerusalem; und sie begruben ihn in seinem Begräbnis. Und das Volk des Landes nahm Joahas, den Sohn Josias, und sie salbten ihn und machten ihn zum König an seines Vaters Statt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et portaverunt eum servi sui mortuum de Mageddo: et pertulerunt in Jerusalem, et sepelierunt eum in sepulchro suo. Tulitque populus terræ Joachaz filium Josiæ: et unxerunt eum, et constituerunt eum regem pro patre suo.