2 Kings 20:21
in 2 Kings 20And Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
KJV
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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This verse in 2 Kings 20
Commentary
5 notes on this verseBut here this historian leaves him asleep with his fathers, and a son in his throne that proved very untoward; for parents cannot give grace to their children. Wicked Ahaz was the son of a godly father and the father of a godly son; holy Hezekiah was the son of a wicked father and the father of a wicked son.
This site's exposition
how he constructed the pool and the tunnel
on 2 Kings 20:20-21
The closing formula names one of Hezekiah's works, "the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city," which 2 Chronicles 32:30 describes. The tunnel is generally identified with the Siloam tunnel, whose inscription was found cut in Jerusalem's bedrock. Hezekiah rests with his fathers and Manasseh reigns.
This site's exposition
his son Manasseh reigned
2 Chronicles 32:33 adds that all Judah honoured Hezekiah at his death and buried him in the upper tombs of David's descendants. Matthew Henry observes that parents cannot give grace to their children.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
In those days, that is, in the same year in which the king of Assyria besieged Jerusalem; for he reigning reigned? in all twenty-nine years, and surviving this fifteen years, this must be in his fourteenth year, and so was that, ch. xviii. Some think it was at the time that the Assyrian army was besieging the city or preparing for it, because God promises (
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The words behind it
8 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 |
| חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ | chizkiyahu | Hezekiah | H2396 → | 127 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֑יו | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה | menasheh | Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| בְנ֖וֹ | veno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פ | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בand he lay down
vaiyishkavH7901 →212 times
חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּHezekiah
chizkiyahuH2396 →127 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲבֹתָ֑יוancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 times
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְand he became king
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
מְנַשֶּׁ֥הManasseh
menashehH4519 →146 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
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
1 Kings 2:10Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 11:43
And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 1:21
Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 2:29
Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
- Acts 13:36
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
- 1 Chronicles 29:28
He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 11:43
Through
1 Kings 11:43And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
it leads to
- Matthew 1:7
Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 2:10
Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
- 2 Kings 21:18
And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
- Matthew 1:7
Where this verse is studied
On this page
What the record shows
1 entry- Manasseh — attested in contemporary inscriptionundisputed
Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal inscriptions
Biblical figure (King of Judah, 697/696-642/641 BC) identified in extra-biblical epigraphy.
About 2 Kings

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonDivided kingdomHezekiahThe reforming king of Judah who trusted Jehovah against Sennacherib, spread the Assyrian letter before the LORD, was granted fifte…
- PersonLate monarchyManassehJudah's longest-reigning and worst king, who filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; the book names his apostasy as the cause of 586…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Berean Standard Bible, 2 Chronicles 32:33; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
