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2 Chronicles 21:20

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Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

Thirty {H7970} and two {H8147} years old {H1121} was he when he began to reign {H4427}, and he reigned {H4427} in Jerusalem {H3389} eight {H8083} years {H8141}, and departed {H3212} without being desired {H2532}. Howbeit they buried {H6912} him in the city {H5892} of David {H1732}, but not in the sepulchres {H6913} of the kings {H4428}.

He was thirty-two years old when he began his reign, he ruled in Yerushalayim for eight years, and he left without joy. They buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 22:18 (5 votes)

    Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

  • 2 Chronicles 24:25 (4 votes)

    And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

  • Jeremiah 22:28 (4 votes)

    [Is] this man Coniah a despised broken idol? [is he] a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

  • 2 Chronicles 28:27 (4 votes)

    And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, [even] in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

  • Proverbs 10:7 (2 votes)

    ¶ The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

  • 2 Chronicles 23:21 (2 votes)

    And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.