2 Chronicles 21:1 BSB

2 Chronicles 21:1

And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

KJV

Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Jehoram’s sole reign now began. (See 2Ki 8:16 note). His eight years 2Ch 21:5 must be counted from the time of his association, in his father’s 23rd year.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב	vai.yish.Kav	and he lay down	H7901 →
יְהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙	ye.ho.sha.Fat	Jehoshaphat	H3092 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
אֲבֹתָ֔יו	'a.vo.Tav	ancestors his	H1 →
וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר	vai.yi.ka.Ver	and he was buried	H6912 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
אֲבֹתָ֖יו	'a.vo.Tav	ancestors his	H1 →
בְּעִ֣יר	be.'Ir	in [the] city of	H5892 →
דָּוִ֑יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ	vai.yim.Lokh	and he became king	H4427 →
יְהוֹרָ֥ם	ye.ho.Ram	Jehoram	H3088 →
בְּנ֖וֹ	be.No	son his	H1121 →
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃	tach.Tav	in place of him	H8478 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Chronicles 9:31
And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
leads to
- 1 Kings 2:10
  Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Chronicles 21:20
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the…
leads to
- Jeremiah 22:18
  Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas,…
- 2 Chronicles 28:27
  And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his…
- 2 Chronicles 24:25
  And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his…
- Jeremiah 22:28
  Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?
Through
1 Kings 22:50
And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
leads to
- 1 Kings 14:31
  And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 22:40
  And Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
Through
2 Chronicles 12:16
And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.
leads to
- Matthew 1:7
  Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.