2 Chronicles 32:33

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Hezekiah passed away and was buried on the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David. All the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem buried him with great honor. His son Manasseh replaced him as king.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב יְחִזְקִיָּ֜הוּ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֗יו וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ֮ בְּֽמַעֲלֵה֮ קִבְרֵ֣י בְנֵי־דָוִיד֒ וְכָבוֹד֙ עָֽשׂוּ־ל֣וֹ בְמוֹת֔וֹ כָּל־יְהוּדָ֖ה וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פ

Transliteration

And wa-yyiškab yəḥizqiyyāhû with-ʾăḇōṯāyw and wa-yyiqbərûhû in bə-maʿălēh qiḇrê bənê-ḏāwîḏ, and kāḇôḏ ʿāśû-for him in ḇə-môṯô all-yəhûḏāh and yōšḇê yərûšālāim; and wa-yyimlōḵ mənaššeh bənô in his place.

Grammar Details

• *wa-yyiškab*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he lay down/slept (euphemism for died)
• *yəḥizqiyyāhû*: proper noun - Hezekiah
• *ʾăḇōṯāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his fathers/ancestors
• *wa-yyiqbərûhû*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and they buried him
• *bə-maʿălēh*: preposition + masculine singular construct - in the ascent of
• *qiḇrê*: masculine plural construct - tombs/graves of
• *bənê-ḏāwîḏ*: masculine plural construct + proper noun - sons of David
• *kāḇôḏ*: masculine singular noun - honor/glory
• *ʿāśû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they did/made
• *ḇə-môṯô*: preposition + qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his death
• *yəhûḏāh*: proper noun - Judah
• *yōšḇê*: qal participle masculine plural construct - inhabitants/dwellers of
• *yərûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *wa-yyimlōḵ*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he reigned/became king
• *mənaššeh*: proper noun - Manasseh
• *bənô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his son

Word Meanings

• *wa-yyiškab with ʾăḇōṯāyw*: slept with his fathers (euphemism for died)
• *bə-maʿălēh qiḇrê bənê-ḏāwîḏ*: in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David/upper part of the royal cemetery
• *kāḇôḏ ʿāśû*: they showed honor/gave glory/paid respect
• *ḇə-môṯô*: in his death/when he died
• *wa-yyimlōḵ*: reigned/became king/ruled as king

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.
• Gen 50:10-11 : 10 When they came to the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and bitter sorrow. There Joseph observed a seven day period of mourning for his father. 11 When the Canaanites who lived in the land saw them mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said,“This is a very sad occasion for the Egyptians.” That is why its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
• Num 20:29 : 29 When all the community saw that Aaron was dead, the whole house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.
• Deut 34:8 : 8 The Israelites mourned for Moses in the rift valley plains of Moab for thirty days; then the days of mourning for Moses ended.
• 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says,‘I really did say that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve me forever.’ But now the LORD says,‘May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!
• 1 Sam 25:1 : 1 The Death of Samuel Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David left and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
• 1 Kgs 1:21 : 21 If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals.”
• 1 Kgs 2:10 : 10 Then David passed away and was buried in the City of David.
• 1 Kgs 11:43 : 43 Then Solomon passed away and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.
• 2 Chr 16:14 : 14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. They laid him to rest on a platform covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.
• 2 Chr 33:1-9 : 1 Manasseh’s Reign Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 2 He did evil in the sight of the LORD and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out ahead of the Israelites. 3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them. 4 He built altars in the LORD’s temple, about which the LORD had said,“Jerusalem will be my permanent home.” 5 In the two courtyards of the LORD’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky. 6 He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and practiced divination, omen reading, and sorcery. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the LORD and angered him. 7 He put an idolatrous image he had made in God’s temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon,“This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. 8 I will not make Israel again leave the land I gave to their ancestors, provided that they carefully obey all I commanded them, the whole law, the rules and regulations given through Moses.” 9 But Manasseh misled the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem so that they sinned more than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed ahead of the Israelites. 10 The LORD confronted Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. 11 So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon. 12 In his pain Manasseh asked the LORD his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors. 13 When he prayed to the LORD, the LORD responded to him and answered favorably his cry for mercy. The LORD brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the LORD is the true God. 14 After this Manasseh built up the outer wall of the City of David on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah. 15 He removed the foreign gods and images from the LORD’s temple and all the altars he had built on the hill of the LORD’s temple and in Jerusalem; he threw them outside the city. 16 He erected the altar of the LORD and offered on it peace offerings and thank offerings. He told the people of Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel. 17 However, the people continued to offer sacrifices at the high places, but only to the LORD their God. 18 The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the prophets spoke to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 19 The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer, give an account of how the LORD responded to it, record all his sins and unfaithful acts, and identify the sites where he built high places and erected Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself. 20 Manasseh passed away and was buried in his palace. His son Amon replaced him as king.