Ahaz's Reign Comes To An End (2 Kings 16:19).

2 Kings 16:19

‘Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?'

The passage commenced with a description of Ahaz's apostasy and it now closes with the usual suggestion that if we want to know more about his acts we consult the official annals of the kings of Judah (not in fact available to us).

2 Kings 16:20

‘And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Hezekiah his son reigned instead of him.'

Ahaz ‘slept with his fathers', that is, he died. (Even an assassinated king ‘slept with his fathers'). And he was buried with them in the city of David. It is pointedly not said that he was buried in the tomb of the kings. He was an outcast.

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