21:1 Jehoshaphat passed away 1 and was buried with his ancestors 2 in the City of David. 3 His son Jehoram 4 replaced him as king.
21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death; 5 he was buried in the City of David, 6 but not in the royal tombs.
1 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
2 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 12, 19).
3 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
4 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 8:16-24 has the variant spelling “Jehoram.”
5 tn Heb “and he went without desire.”
6 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
9 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
10 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.