2 Tawarikh 21:1

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.

[21:1]  ¹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[21:1]  ² tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 12, 19).

[21:1]  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.

[21:1]  ⁴ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 8:16-24 has the variant spelling “Jehoram.”