John Gill Commentary 2 Kings 15:7

"And Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead." — 2 Kings 15:7 (ASV)

So Azariah slept with his fathers; Or died, when he had reigned fifty two years:

and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David; but not in the sepulchres of the kings, but in the field of the burial, or the burying ground which belonged to them, because he was a leper, (2 Chronicles 26:23) . Benjamin of Tudela ^F16 places his grave near the pillar of Absalom, and the fountain of Siloah, near the brook Kidron:

and Jotham his son reigned in his stead; who reigned sixteen years; a further account of him, and his reign, we have in the latter part of this chapter, after the reigns of several of the kings of Israel.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F16: Itinerar. p. 43.