21:1 Jehoshaphat passed away 1 and was buried with his ancestors 2 in the City of David. 3 His son Jehoram 4 replaced him as king.
1 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
2 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 12, 19).
3 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
4 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 8:16-24 has the variant spelling “Jehoram.”