2 Chronicles 16:13
in 2 Chronicles 16So in the forty-first year of his reign, Asa died and rested with his fathers.
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ASV
And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
KJV
And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 16
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
died and rested with his fathers
on 2 Chronicles 16:13-14
Asa dies “in the forty-first year of his reign”. He is buried in the tomb he cut for himself, with “a great fire in his honor”. Clarke takes the fire as spices and fragrant woods burned with the body, an honor later withheld from Jehoram at 21:19.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
How then could this be done in his thirty-sixth year, when Baasha's family was quite cut off, and Omri was upon the throne? It is generally said to be meant of the thirty-sixth year of the kingdom of Asa, namely, that of Judah, beginning from the first of Rehoboam, and so it coincides with the sixteenth of Asa's reign; but then ( ch. xv.
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And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the forty first year of his reign. See 1Ki 15:10.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
until his ailment spread upward The swelling in his feet spread from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
and divers kinds These are kinds of spices, and the spices were prepared with the perfumer’s art, a mixture. The meaning is: prepared with the perfumer’s art.
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Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב | vaiyishkav | and he lay down | H7901 → | 212 times |
| אָסָ֖א | ʾasa' | Asa | H609 → | 57 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֑יו | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיָּ֕מָת | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| בִּשְׁנַ֛ת | bishnat | in year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| אַרְבָּעִ֥ים | ʾarbaim | forty | H705 → | 136 times |
| וְאַחַ֖ת | veachat | and one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לְמָלְכֽוֹ׃ | lemalekho | of reigning his | H4427 → | 348 times |
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בand he lay down
vaiyishkavH7901 →212 times
אָסָ֖אAsa
ʾasa'H609 →57 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲבֹתָ֑יוancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 times
וַיָּ֕מָתand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 times
בִּשְׁנַ֛תin year
bishnatH8141 →877 times
אַרְבָּעִ֥יםforty
ʾarbaimH705 →136 times
וְאַחַ֖תand one
veachatH259 →971 times
לְמָלְכֽוֹ׃of reigning his
lemalekhoH4427 →348 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 15:24And Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.
it leads to
- Matthew 1:8
Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
- 1 Kings 22:41–43
In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 17:1–9
Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.
- Matthew 1:8
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.