2 Kings 23:30

And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
servants	עֲבָדָ֥יו 'a.va.Dav	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
chariot	וַיַּרְכִּבֻ֨הוּ vai.yar.ki.Vu.hu	H7392	to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
dead	מֵת֙ met	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
Megiddo	מִמְּגִדּ֔וֹ mi.me.gi.Do	H4023	Megiddon or Megiddo · preposition + proper noun, a place name
brought	וַיְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙ vay.vi.'U.hu	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Jerusalem	יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם ye.Ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
buried	וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֖הוּ vai.yik.be.Ru.hu	H6912	to inter · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
sepulchre	בִּקְבֻֽרָת֑וֹ bik.vu.ra.To	H6900	sepulture · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
people	עַם 'am-	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct
land	הָאָ֗רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
took	וַיִּקַּ֣ח vai.yi.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Jehoahaz	יְהֽוֹאָחָז֙ ye.ho.'a.Chaz	H3059	Jehoachaz · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Josiah	יֹ֣אשִׁיָּ֔הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu	H2977	Joshijah · proper noun, a man's name
anointed	וַיִּמְשְׁח֥וּ vai.yim.she.Chu	H4886	to rub with oil · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
king	וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּ vai.yam.Li.khu	H4427	to reign · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
father’s	אָבִֽיו 'a.Viv	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

2 Kings 9:28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
2 Chronicles 36:1-4 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
1 Kings 22:33-38 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him…
2 Kings 14:21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
2 Kings 21:24 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his st…
2 Chronicles 35:24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and h…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 23:25-30

Upon the reading of these verses we must say, Lord, though thy righteousness be as the great mountains - evident, conspicuous, and past dispute, yet thy judgments are a great deep, unfathomable and past finding out, Psa 36:6. What shall we say to this? I. It is here owned that Josiah was one of the best kings that ever sat upon the throne of David, Kg2 23:25. As Hezekiah was a non-such for faith and dependence upon God in straits (Kg2 18:5), so Josiah was a non-such for sincerity and zeal in carrying on a work of reformation. For this there was none like him, 1. That he turned to the Lord from whom his fathers had revolted. It is true religion to turn to God as one we have chosen and love. H…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 23:29

In his days Pharaoh-nechoh--(See Ch2 35:20-27). Next: 2 Kings Chapter 24

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 23:30

Dead from Megiddo - The word מת meth should here be considered as a participle, dying, for it is certain he was not dead: he was mortally wounded at Megiddo, was carried in a dying state to Jerusalem, and there he died and was buried. See Ch2 35:24. Herodotus, lib. i., c. 17, 18, 25, and lib. ii. 159, appears to refer to the same war which is here mentioned. He says that Nechoh, in the sixth year of his reign, went to attack the king of Assyria at Magdolum, gained a complete victory, and took Cadytis. Usher and others believe that Magdolum and Megiddo were the same place. The exact place of the battle seems to have been Hadadrimmon, in the valley of Megiddo, for there Zechariah tells us Kg2…

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John Gill on 2 Kings 23:30

And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo,.... They took him out of the chariot in which he was wounded, and put him into another, where he died of his wounds by the way; being mortally wounded, he is said to be dead, or a dead man, see 2 Chronicles 35:24. and brought him to Jerusalem; which, according to Bunting (b), was forty four miles from Megiddo: and buried him in his own sepulchre; which either he had provided for himself in his lifetime, or which in common belonged to the kings of Judah, see 2 Chronicles 35:24. and the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead; though he was not the eldest son, J…

Dictionary and topics

Chariot — A vehicle generally used for warlike purposes. Sometimes, though but rarely, it is spoken of as used for peaceful purposes. The first mention of the chariot is when Joseph, as a mark of distinction,…
Congregation — (Heb. kahal), the Hebrew people collectively as a holy community (Num. 15:15). Every circumcised Hebrew from twenty years old and upward was a member of the congregation. Strangers resident in the…
Esdraelon — The Greek form of the Hebrew “Jezreel,” the name of the great plain (called by the natives Merj Ibn Amer; i.e., “the meadow of the son of Amer”) which stretches across Central Palestine from the…
Josiah — Healed by Jehovah, or Jehovah will support. The son of Amon, and his successor on the throne of Judah (2 Kings 22:1; 2 Chr. 34:1). His history is contained in 2 Kings 22, 23. He stands foremost among…
Pentateuch — The five-fold volume, consisting of the first five books of the Old Testament. This word does not occur in Scripture, nor is it certainly known when the roll was thus divided into five portions…
Pharaoh — The official title borne by the Egyptian kings down to the time when that country was conquered by the Greeks. (See EGYPT.) The name is a compound, as some think, of the words Ra, the “sun” or…
Riblah — Fruitful, an ancient town on the northern frontier of Palestine, 35 miles north-east of Baalbec, and 10 or 12 south of Lake Homs, on the eastern bank of the Orontes, in a wide and fertile plain. Here…
Tombs — Of the Hebrews were generally excavated in the solid rock, or were natural caves. Mention is made of such tombs in Judg. 8:32; 2 Sam. 2:32; 2 Kings 9:28; 23:30. They were sometimes made in gardens (2…
Anointing · .Jehoahaz — .Jehoahaz
Egyptians · .Un — .Un
Jehoahaz

2 Kings 23:30

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Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 23:25-30

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 23:29

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 23:30

John Gill on 2 Kings 23:30

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2 Kings 23:30

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 23:25-30

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 23:29

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 23:30

John Gill on 2 Kings 23:30

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