2 Chronicles 28:27

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Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they didn't bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they didn't bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And Ahaz laid down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, but they did not bring him to the graves of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they didn't bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    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 place.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    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 place.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the citie of Ierusalem, but brought him not vnto the sepulchres of the Kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his sonne reigned in his stead.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And Achaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of Jerusalem: for they received him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel. And Ezechias his son reigned in his stead.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    And Ahaz lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city, in Jerusalem, but have not brought him in to the graves of the kings of Israel, and reign doth Hezekiah his son in his stead.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    And Ahaz lies with his fathers, and they bury him in the city, in Jerusalem, but have not brought him to the graves of the kings of Israel, and his son Hezekiah reigns in his stead.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    Ahaz slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, but they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. Hezekiah, his son, became king in his place.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And Ahaz laid down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, but they did not bring him to the graves of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem; but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem, because they didn’t bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchers of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Ahaz died, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem. They did not bury him in the tombs of the kings of Israel. Hezekiah his son took over as king.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And Ahaz went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the earth in Jerusalem; but they did not put him in the resting-place of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son became king in his place.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

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אָחָ֜ז
ʼÂchâz
H271
“Ahaz”
Noun, Proper
Part of Speech
Noun
Type
Proper
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H270

TWOT: None

Ahaz = "he has grasped" - king of Judah, son Jotham, father of Hezekiah - a Benjamite, son of Micah, and great grandson of Jonathan
  1. וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב shâkab H7901 “and · to lie down” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  2. עִם ʻim H5973 “with” Preposition
  3. אֲבֹתָ֗יו ʼâb H1 “fathers · his” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  4. וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֤הוּ qâbar H6912 “and · to bury · him” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  5. בָעִיר֙ ʻîyr H5892 “in/at the · city” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  6. בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim H3389 “in/at · Jerusalem” Preposition + Noun, Proper
  7. כִּ֚י kîy H3588 “that” Conjunction
  8. לֹ֣א lôʼ H3808 “not” Particle, Negative
  9. הֱבִיאֻ֔הוּ bôwʼ H935 “to enter · him” Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  10. לְקִבְרֵ֖י qeber H6913 “to/for · graves of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  11. מַלְכֵ֣י melek H4428 “kings of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  12. יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yisrâʼêl H3478 “Israel” Noun, Proper
  13. וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ mâlak H4427 “and · to reign” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  14. יְחִזְקִיָּ֥הֽוּ Chizqîyâh H2396 “Hezekiah” Noun, Proper
  15. בְנ֖וֹ bên H1121 “son · his” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  16. תַּחְתָּֽיו tachath H8478 “under · him” Preposition + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular

About this verse

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17
words
17
distinct lemmas
Historical
section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

אָחָ֜ז Ahaz H271 occurs in 39 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 4 verbs
  • 9 nouns
  • 2 prepositions
  • 1 conjunction
  • 1 particle

Verb forms

  • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב Qal · Sequential Imperfect
  • וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֤הוּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
  • הֱבִיאֻ֔הוּ Hiphil · Perfect
  • וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ Qal · Sequential Imperfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 36 words from the Hebrew and 36 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 17 Hebrew tokens and 29 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 28:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 2 Chronicles 21:20 Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
  • 2 Chronicles 24:25 When they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they didn't bury him in the tombs of the kings.
  • 1 Samuel 2:30 Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now Yahweh says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
  • 2 Chronicles 26:23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his place.
  • Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.
  • Isaiah 14:28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Chronicles 28:27 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב אָחָ֜ז עִם אֲבֹתָ֗יו וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֤הוּ בָעִיר֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם כִּ֚י לֹ֣א הֱבִיאֻ֔הוּ לְקִבְרֵ֖י מַלְכֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ יְחִזְקִיָּ֥הֽוּ בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו

Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they didn't bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 28:27 Septuagint · lemma form

καί κοιμάω αχαζ μετά ὁ πατήρ αὐτός καί θάπτω ἐν πόλις δαυίδ ὅτι οὐ εἰςφέρω αὐτός εἰς ὁ τάφος ὁ βασιλεύς ἰσραήλ καί βασιλεύω εζεκιας υἱός αὐτός ἀντί αὐτός

And Achaz slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; for they did not bring him into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Ezekias his son reigned in his stead.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

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Commentary

Notes on 2 Chronicles 28:27 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

2Ch 28:27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, [even] in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

Ver. 27. And Ahaz slept with his fathers.] He died a natural death, though he was so detestable a miscreant. God putteth off the punishment of many wicked wretches till the other world.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

Or, in Jerusalem.

They buried him not in the city of David, where were the sepulchers of the kings.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 27. The kings of Israel] It is a common thing for the writer of this book to put Israel for Judah. He still considers them as one people, because proceeding from one stock. The versions and MSS. have the same reading with the Hebrew; the matter is of little importance, and with this interpretation none can mistake.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

26, 27 (= 2Ki_16:19-20). The End of Ahaz

27. they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel] According to 2 Kin. Ahaz “was buried with his fathers.” It is not clear what distinction the Chronicler wishes to draw here, but cp. 2Ch_16:14; 2Ch_21:20; 2Ch_24:25; 2Ch_26:23. A wicked king is buried as a king “with his fathers,” yet as a wicked man he sleeps in some separate place of his own.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Israel is put as comprising Juda. H. C. xx. 34., and xxiv. 16., &c. C.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

The Pulpit Commentary

Slept with his fathers buried in the city, Jerusalem not brought into the sepulchres of the kings. Parallel (ver. 20), "slept with his fathers buried with his fathers in the city of David." See our notes on 2Ch_26:23; parallel, (2Ki_15:7) 2Ch_24:25; (parallel, 2Ki_12:21) 2Ch_21:20. (parallel, 2Ki_8:24)

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 17 words (17 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼÂchâz (“Ahaz”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “Ahaz” (ʼÂchâz) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. How does 2 Kings 15:38, which shares the word «Ahaz», read alongside this verse?
  3. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  4. «וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב» is a Qal Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  5. Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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