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.

[34:27]  ¹ tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”

[34:28]  ² tn Heb “Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”

[34:1]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[21:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[21:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 12, 19).

[21:1]  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.

[21:1]  ⁷ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 8:16-24 has the variant spelling “Jehoram.”