Discovery Box2 Chronicles 26:23 
Context26:23 Uzziah passed away 1 and was buried near his ancestors 2 in a cemetery 3 belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.) 4 His son Jotham replaced him as king.
2 Chronicles 28:3
Context28:3 He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, 5 a horrible sin practiced by the nations 6 whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites.
2 Chronicles 28:27
Context28:27 Ahaz passed away 7 and was buried in the City of David; 8 they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.
2 Chronicles 32:33
Context32:33 Hezekiah passed away 9 and was buried on the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David. All the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem buried him with great honor. 10 His son Manasseh replaced him as king.
1 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
2 tn Heb “fathers.”
3 tn Heb “a field of burial.”
4 tn Heb “for they said, ‘He had a skin disease.’”
5 sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice (NEB “burnt his sons in the fire”; NASB “burned his sons in the fire”; NIV “sacrificed his sons in the fire”; NRSV “made his sons pass through fire”). For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.
6 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
7 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
8 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
9 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
10 tn Heb “and honor they did to him in his death, all Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.”
