2 Kings 14:29
in 2 Kings 14And Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. And his son Zechariah reigned in his place.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead.
KJV
And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
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This verse in 2 Kings 14
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel,.... Died, and was buried with them: and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead: who was of the fourth generation from Jehu, as was promised to him, 2Ki 10:30.
This site's exposition
recovered both Damascus and Hamath
on 2 Kings 14:28-29
The chronicle formula closes Jeroboam's reign, naming how he “recovered both Damascus and Hamath for Israel”. Jeroboam dies, and “his son Zechariah reigned in his place”, the fourth generation from Jehu, as the LORD had promised Jehu at 10:30. The promise to Jehu's house is kept to its stated limit.
This site's exposition
his son Zechariah reigned
Zechariah was the fourth generation from Jehu, the limit the LORD set for that house at 10:30, as John Gill noted. Adam Clarke pointed ahead to his end: Shallum killed him after six months, at 15:10. Hosea began to prophesy in Jeroboam's reign.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Jeroboam - It was in the reign of this Jeroboam, that Hosea began to prophesy, and he was the first that wrote his prophecies. At the same time Amos prophesied, soon after Micah, and then Isaiah in the days of Ahaz and Hezekiah.
) he slept with his fathers; for the mightiest must yield to death, and there is no discharge in that war. Many prophets there had been in Israel, a constant succession of them in every age, but none of the prophets had left any of their prophecies in writing till those of this age began to do it, and their prophecies are part of the canon of scripture.
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4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Jeroboam slept with his fathers - He died a natural death; and was regularly succeeded by his son Zachariah, who, reigning badly, was, after six months, slain by Shallum, who succeeded him, and reigned but one month, being slain by Menahem, who succeeded him, and reigned ten years over Israel.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב | vaiyishkav | and he lay down | H7901 → | 212 times |
| יָֽרָבְעָם֙ | yaraveam | Jeroboam | H3379 → | 104 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֔יו | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| עִ֖ם | ʾim | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| מַלְכֵ֣י | malkhei | [the] kings of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| זְכַרְיָ֥ה | zekharyah | Zechariah | H2148 → | 43 times |
| בְנ֖וֹ | veno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פ | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בand he lay down
vaiyishkavH7901 →212 times
יָֽרָבְעָם֙Jeroboam
yaraveamH3379 →104 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲבֹתָ֔יוancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 times
עִ֖םwith
ʾimH5973 →1050 times
מַלְכֵ֣י[the] kings of
malkheiH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְand he became king
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
זְכַרְיָ֥הZechariah
zekharyahH2148 →43 times
בְנ֖וֹson his
venoH1121 →4930 times
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פin place of him
tachtavH8478 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 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
2 Kings 15:8In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria six months.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 14:16–17
And Jehoash rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And his son Jeroboam reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 14:21
Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Kings 14:16–17
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.