2 CHRONICLES 21:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.”
The burial — the final dishonor — 'And he was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings' (ויקבר בעיר דוד אך לא בקברי המלכים). The burial in Jerusalem (עיר דוד) indicates formal recognition, yet the exclusion from 'the tombs of the kings' (קברי המלכים) is a significant dishonor. The verb לא (not) applied to burial location is emphatic. The king who led the people into apostasy, who murdered his brothers, who lost territory and failed to defend against invasion, and who died in agony is denied the honor of royal sepulcher. The location of his actual burial is not specified; he is buried 'in the City of David' but outside the royal cemetery. Death and burial reflect the judgment of apostasy.
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