2 Chronicles 34:27-28

34:27 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit 1  and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord. 34:28 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. 2  You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.

2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah Institutes Religious Reforms

34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 3 

2 Chronicles 21:1

21:1 Jehoshaphat passed away 4  and was buried with his ancestors 5  in the City of David. 6  His son Jehoram 7  replaced him as king.

1 tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”

2 tn Heb “Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”

3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

4 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

5 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 12, 19).

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.

7 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 8:16-24 has the variant spelling “Jehoram.”