2-Chronicles - 27:9



9 Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Chronicles 27:9.

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And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
And Joatham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.
and Jotham lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Ahaz his son in his stead.
And Jotham went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the earth in the town of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

1-4.
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign,.... These verses are much the same with 2-Kings 16:2, only in 2-Chronicles 28:2 it is said:
he made also molten images for Baalim; the several Baals or idols of the nations round about, as well as served Jeroboam's calves; see Judges 2:11, and he is said in 2-Chronicles 28:3,
to burn incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom; to Molech, the god of the Ammonites, who was worshipped there. See Gill on 2-Kings 16:2, 2-Kings 16:3, 2-Kings 16:4.

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