2 Chronicles 27:9--28:1
Context27:9 Jotham passed away 1 and was buried in the City of David. 2 His son Ahaz replaced him as king.
Ahaz’s Reign
28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 3 He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. 4
1 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
2 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
4 tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the