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2 Kings 14:29 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 14 · verse 29
And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.2 Kings 14:29 · King James Version
2 Kings 14:29 in context
27And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
28Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
29And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ZachariahZᵉkaryâhZecarjah, the name of twenty-nine IsraelitesH2148 →
- JeroboamYârobʻâmJarobam, the name of two Israelite kingsH3379 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- reignedmâlakto reignH4427 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- sleptshâkabto lie downH7901 →
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Here is an account of the reign of Jeroboam the second. I doubt it is an indication of the affection and adherence of the house of Jehu to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, that they called an heir-apparent to the crown by his name, thinking that an honourable name which in the book of God…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 23-29