²⁷ So Ahaz ^[a]rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem; but they ^(A)did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. Then Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

²⁰ He was thirty-two years old when he became king. He reigned in Jerusalem eight years and, to no one’s sorrow, departed. However they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

²⁵ And when they had withdrawn from him (for they left him severely wounded), ^(A)his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the ^[a]sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died. And they buried him in the City of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

^20 (A)So Manasseh rested with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. Then his son Amon reigned in his place.

^23 (A)So Uzziah ^[a]rested with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” Then Jotham his son reigned in his place.

³⁰ Therefore the Lord God of Israel says: ^(A)‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says: ^(B)‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and ^(C)those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.

Philistia Destroyed

²⁸ This is the ^[a]burden which came in the year that ^(A)King Ahaz died.