2 Kings 22:20

Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

Behold therefore, I will gather {H622} thee unto thy fathers {H1}, and thou shalt be gathered {H622} into thy grave {H6913} in peace {H7965}; and thine eyes {H5869} shall not see {H7200} all the evil {H7451} which I will bring {H935} upon this place {H4725}. And they brought {H7725} the king {H4428} word {H1697} again {H7725}.

Therefore I will gather you to your ancestors, you will go to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see all the calamity I am going to bring on this place.'" So they brought word back to the king.

‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.

Therefore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 37:37 (8 votes)

    Mark the perfect [man], and behold the upright: for the end of [that] man [is] peace.

  • Isaiah 57:1 (7 votes)

    ¶ The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].

  • Isaiah 57:2 (7 votes)

    He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, [each one] walking [in] his uprightness.

  • 1 Chronicles 17:11 (5 votes)

    And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go [to be] with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

  • Genesis 25:8 (4 votes)

    Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years]; and was gathered to his people.

  • Jeremiah 22:15 (4 votes)

    Shalt thou reign, because thou closest [thyself] in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, [and] then [it was] well with him?

  • Jeremiah 22:16 (4 votes)

    He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me? saith the LORD.