2 Kings 9:28
26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
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Compare
- BSB
- Then his servants carried him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his fathers in his tomb in the City of David.
- KJV
- And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
- WEB
- His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in David’s city.
- ASV
- And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
- DARBY
- And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
- BLB
- And his servants carried him in the chariot to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the City of David.
- ÅB
- Hans tjenere kjørte ham til Jerusalem, og de begravde ham i hans grav hos hans fedre i Davids stad.
- OTB
- Så transporterte hans tjenere ham i en vogn til Jerusalem og la ham til hvile med hans forfedre i Davids by.
- B1930
- Hans tjenere kjørte ham til Jerusalem, og de begravde ham i hans grav hos hans fedre i Davids stad.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in context2 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.
Read in context2 Kings 14:19–20
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
Read in context2 Chronicles 25:28
And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
Read in context2 Kings 12:21
For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
Read in context2 Kings 23:20
And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
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