2 Chronicles 28:27--29:1
Context28:27 Ahaz passed away 1 and was buried in the City of David; 2 they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.
Hezekiah Consecrates the Temple
29:1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 3 His mother was Abijah, 4 the daughter of Zechariah.
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 The parallel passage in 2 Kgs 18:2 has “Abi.”