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Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they didn`t bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

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A Dishonorable Burial

Commentators highlight that King Ahaz was buried in Jerusalem but pointedly excluded from the royal tombs. This was not an oversight but a deliberate act by the people. They believed a man who had lived such a wicked life should not be honored in death by lying with the good and faithful kings of Israel.

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2 Chronicles

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Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

On 2 Chronicles 28:26–27

19th Century

Preacher

Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

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John Gill

John Gill

On 2 Chronicles 28:27

17th Century

Pastor

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 28:26)

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On 2 Chronicles 28:1–27

17th Century

Minister

Israel gained this victory because God was wrathful with Judah and made Israel His rod of indignation. He reminds them of their own sins. It is unb…