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Was Ahaz buried with his fathers?
Kings gives Ahaz an ancestral burial notice, while Chronicles expressly excludes him from royal tombs. Both locate the burial in Jerusalem's setting.
- Textual conflict
- Weak tension
- The alleged conflict needs substantial assumptions, such as treating an omission as a denial or figurative language as literal.
- Importance
- Minor
- A local detail in a story, chronology, or inventory.
Burial with ancestors does not explicitly require the royal sepulchers that Chronicles excludes, leaving different levels of burial detail.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
Ahaz is buried with his fathers in David's city
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 16:20
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:2 Kings 16
Ahaz is buried in Jerusalem outside the kings' sepulchers
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 28:27
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:2 Chronicles 28