2 Chronicles 34:28
in 2 Chronicles 34‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
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ASV
Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof. And they brought back word to the king.
KJV
Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 34
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd good people are here taught to be so far from fearing death as to welcome it rather when it takes them away from the evil to come. See how the property of it is altered by making it the matter of a promise: Thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, housed in that ark, as Noah, when a deluge is coming.
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on 2 Chronicles 34:23-28
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says” opens both halves of her word. The judgment for generations of forsaking the LORD stands. Josiah's tender heart, his humbling, his torn clothes and his tears win a mercy inside it: “you will be gathered to your grave in peace”.
This site's exposition
you will be gathered to your grave in peace
Josiah later died of wounds from Megiddo, 35:23 and 24. The promise of peace is measured by its last clause: he would not see the calamity. Matthew Henry reads the promise as a good man taken away before the evil comes, as Isaiah 57:1 says of the righteous.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Gathered to thy grave in peace - See particularly the note on 2Ki 22:20 (note).
The words behind it
25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הִנְנִ֨י | hini | here I | H2005 → | 316 times |
| אֹֽסִפְךָ֜ | ʾosifkha | [will] gather you | H622 → | 200 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֲבֹתֶ֗יךָ | ʾavoteikha | ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֣ | veneesafta | and you will be gathered | H622 → | 200 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| קִבְרֹתֶיךָ֮ | kivroteicha | grave<s> your | H6913 → | 67 times |
| בְּשָׁלוֹם֒ | beshalom | in peace | H7965 → | 236 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִרְאֶ֣ינָה | tireinah | they will look | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| עֵינֶ֔יךָ | ʾeineikha | eyes your | H5869 → | 887 times |
| בְּכֹל֙ | bekhol | on all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָֽרָעָ֔ה | haraah | the distress | H7451 → | 662 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אֲנִ֥י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| מֵבִ֛יא | mevi' | [am] about to bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמָּק֥וֹם | hamakom | the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| הַזֶּ֖ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יֹשְׁבָ֑יו | yoshevav | inhabitants its | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| וַיָּשִׁ֥יבוּ | vaiyashivu | and they brought back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| דָּבָֽר׃ פ | davar | word | H1697 → | 1440 times |
הִנְנִ֨יhere I
hiniH2005 →316 times
אֹֽסִפְךָ֜[will] gather you
ʾosifkhaH622 →200 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֲבֹתֶ֗יךָancestors your
ʾavoteikhaH1 →1212 times
וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֣and you will be gathered
veneesaftaH622 →200 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
קִבְרֹתֶיךָ֮grave<s> your
kivroteichaH6913 →67 times
בְּשָׁלוֹם֒in peace
beshalomH7965 →236 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
תִרְאֶ֣ינָהthey will look
tireinahH7200 →1300 times
עֵינֶ֔יךָeyes your
ʾeineikhaH5869 →887 times
בְּכֹל֙on all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
הָֽרָעָ֔הthe distress
haraahH7451 →662 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אֲנִ֥יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
מֵבִ֛יא[am] about to bring
mevi'H935 →2568 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמָּק֥וֹםthe place
hamakomH4725 →401 times
הַזֶּ֖ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
יֹשְׁבָ֑יוinhabitants its
yoshevavH3427 →1079 times
וַיָּשִׁ֥יבוּand they brought back
vaiyashivuH7725 →1056 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
דָּבָֽר׃ פword
davarH1697 →1440 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Jeremiah 15:1Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 14:14
then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 14:20–21
then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.
- Jeremiah 14:11
Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.
- Jeremiah 11:14
As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in…
- Psalms 106:23
So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
- Ezekiel 14:14
Through
Psalms 37:37Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
it leads to
- Isaiah 32:17
The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
- Isaiah 57:1–2
The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
- Isaiah 32:17
Through
1 Kings 21:29“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house…
it leads to
- 2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
- 2 Peter 3:9
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 748, Self-Humbling and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
