The Meaning of 2 Kings 16:20 Explained

2 Kings 16:20

KJV: And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

YLT: And Ahaz lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers, in the city of David, and reign doth Hezekiah his son in his stead.

Darby: And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

ASV: And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Kings 16:20?

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What is the context of 2 Kings 16:20?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

What does 2 Kings 16:20 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 16:10-20 - High-Handed Idolatry

The calling in of the king of Assyria was fraught with disastrous consequences. "He distressed him and strengthened him not." Well may the Apostle warn us not to be yoked with unbelievers. Such alliances always result in the undoing of God's children. We cannot serve two masters. Thus in the hour of distress, notwithstanding the increasing and noble remonstrances of Isaiah, this same king Ahaz trespassed yet more against Jehovah.

It is remarkable, as showing the folly of the human heart, that in the lowest hour of his degradation before his conqueror Ahaz imitated the altar which he saw at Damascus. For this, the ancient brazen altar in Jehovah's Temple was displaced; and upon it in the sacred fane sacrifices were offered to the gods of the heathen. Alas, there is too much of this in the present day! Men are going back from the simplicity and spirituality of Christ to exploded philosophies and systems, which have failed in the past to satisfy soul hunger. Let us beware of the vacuum of the soul into which such evil things intrude. It is only as we are filled by the indwelling Spirit that we are immune against these temptations. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 16

¹ Ahaz's wicked reign
⁵ Ahaz, assailed by Rezin and Pekah, hires Tiglath-Pileser against them
¹⁰ Ahaz, sending a pattern of an altar from Damascus to Urijah,
¹² diverts the bronze altar to his own devotions,
¹⁷ He raids the temple
¹⁹ Hezekiah succeeds him

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 16:20 mean?

so rested Ahaz with his fathers and was buried his fathers in the City of David and reigned Hezekiah his son in his place -

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב אָחָז֙ עִם־ אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר אֲבֹתָ֖יו בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ חִזְקִיָּ֥הוּ בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו פ

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב	so rested
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁכַב Sense: to lie down.
אָחָז֙	Ahaz
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אָחָז Sense: king of Judah, son Jotham, father of Hezekiah.
אֲבֹתָ֔יו	his fathers
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: אָב Sense: father of an individual.
וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר	and was buried
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: קָבַר Sense: to bury.
אֲבֹתָ֖יו	his fathers
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: אָב Sense: father of an individual.
בְּעִ֣יר	in the City
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: עִיר Sense: excitement, anguish.
דָּוִ֑ד	of David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ	and reigned
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: מָלַךְ Sense: to be or become king or queen, reign.
חִזְקִיָּ֥הוּ	Hezekiah
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: חִזְקִיָּה Sense: 2th king of Judah, son of Ahaz and Abijah; a good king in that he served Jehovah and did away with idolatrous practices.
בְנ֖וֹ	his son
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
תַּחְתָּֽיו	in his place
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular Root: מִתְחָה Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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