2 Kings 23:30 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 23:30

From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.

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ASV

And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.

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Commentary

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Ambrose of Milan

CONSOLATION ON THE DEATH OF EMPEROR VALENTINIAN 57 (397)

Nobody must think that anything was detracted to the celerity of death because of one's merits. Enoch was kidnapped, lest malice might spoil his heart, and Josiah, who celebrated the Passover of the Lord in the eighteenth year of his reign in such a manner that he overcame in piousness all the previous kings, did not survive longer through the merits of his faith. No, rather, because grievous destruction threatened the Jewish people, the just king was taken away beforehand.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Jehoahaz - Who was younger than Jehoiakim, yet preferred by the people before the elder brother; either because Jehoiakim refused the kingdom for fear of Pharaoh, whom he knew he should hereby provoke. Or because Jehoahaz was the more stout and warlike prince; whence he is called a lion, Ezek xix, 3.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Some understand the promise made to him that he should come to his grave in peace in a sense in which it was not performed because, by his miscarriage in this matter, he forfeited the benefit of it. God has promised to keep us in all our ways; but, if we go out of our way, we throw ourselves out of his protection.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Dead from Megiddo - The word מת meth should here be considered as a participle, dying, for it is certain he was not dead: he was mortally wounded at Megiddo, was carried in a dying state to Jerusalem, and there he died and was buried. See 2Ch 35:24. Herodotus, lib. i., c. 17, 18, 25, and lib. ii. 159, appears to refer to the same war which is here mentioned. He says that Nechoh, in the sixth year of his reign, went to attack the king of Assyria at Magdolum, gained a complete victory, and took Cadytis.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּרְכִּבֻ֨הוּ	vai.yar.ki.Vu.hu	and they made ride him	H7392 →
עֲבָדָ֥יו	'a.va.Dav	servants his	H5650 →
מֵת֙	met	dead	H4191 →
מִמְּגִדּ֔וֹ	mi.me.gi.Do	from Megiddo	H4023 →
וַיְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙	vay.vi.'U.hu	and they brought him	H935 →
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם	ye.Ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֖הוּ	vai.yik.be.Ru.hu	and they buried him	H6912 →
בִּקְבֻֽרָת֑וֹ	bik.vu.ra.To	in own grave his	H6900 →
וַיִּקַּ֣ח	vai.yi.Kach	and it took	H3947 →
עַם־	'am-	[the] people of	H5971 →
הָאָ֗רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהֽוֹאָחָז֙	ye.ho.'a.Chaz	Jehoahaz	H3059 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
יֹ֣אשִׁיָּ֔הוּ	yo.shi.Ya.hu	Josiah	H2977 →
וַיִּמְשְׁח֥וּ	vai.yim.she.Chu	and they anointed	H4886 →
אֹת֛וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →
וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּ	vai.yam.Li.khu	and they made king	H4427 →
אֹת֖וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →
תַּ֥חַת	Ta.chat	in place of	H8478 →
אָבִֽיו׃ פ	'a.Viv	father his	H1 →

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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 Kings 21:24
But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 26:1
  All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Kings 14:5
  As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
Through
2 Chronicles 35:24
So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and…
leads to
- Zechariah 12:11
  On that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
Through
2 Kings 9:28
Then his servants carried him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his fathers in his tomb in the City of David.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 35:24
  So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and…
Through
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.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 3:12
  Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
- Matthew 1:8–9
  Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
- 2 Kings 21:24
  But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:13
  In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.

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Where the connections lead

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