King James Version
2 Kings 15:7 in the King James Version says “So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.”
2 Kings 15:7 · KJV
And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
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“slept”
H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“him with his fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“him with his fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“in the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“his son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
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