2 Chronicles 21:1

Jehoshaphat died and was buried with his forefathers in the City of David, and his son Jehoram took over as king.

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Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

In Context

2His brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah. All were sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah.

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:50Jehoshaphat died and was buried with his forefathers in the City of David. His son Jehoram succeeded him as king.

2 Chronicles 9:31Then Solomon died and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam took over as king.

2 Chronicles 21:20Jehoram was thirty-two when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eight years. When he died, no one mourned him. He was buried in the City of David, but not in the royal tombs.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 21:1

Never surely did any kingdom change its king so much for the worse as Judah did, when Jehoram, one of the vilest, succeeded Jehoshaphat, one of the best. Thus were they punished for not making a better use of Jehoshaphat's good government, and their disaffectedness (or coldness at least) to his reformation, ch. xx. 33 . Those that knew not now to value a good king are justly plagued with a bad one. Here is, I. Jehoram's elevation to the throne, ver. 1-3 . II. The wicked course he took to establish himself in it,… Read the whole commentary →

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