2 Chronicles 34:28

Easy To Read Version

I will take you to be with your ancestors. {\cf2\super [435]} {\cf2\super [436]} You will go to your grave in peace. You won’t have to see any of the trouble that I will bring on this place and on the people living here.’” Hilkiah and the king’s servants brought back this message to King Josiah.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:29

“I see that Ahab has become humble before me. So, I will not cause the trouble to come to him during his life. I will wait until his son is king. Then I will cause the trouble to come to Ahab’s family.”

2 Kings 20:19

Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “This message from the Lord is good.”

2 Kings 22:20

‘I will bring you to be with your ancestors. [276] You will die and go to your grave in peace. So your eyes will not see all the trouble that I am bringing on this place (Jerusalem).’”

2 Chronicles 32:26

But Hezekiah and those people living in Jerusalem changed their hearts and lives. They became humble and stopped being proud. So the Lord’s anger didn’t come on them while Hezekiah was alive.

2 Chronicles 34:27

‘Josiah, you repented and you humbled yourself, and tore your clothes. {\cf2\super [434]} You cried before me. So, because your heart was tender,

2 Chronicles 34:29

Then King Josiah called for all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to come and meet with him.

2 Chronicles 35:24

So the servants took Josiah out of his chariot and put him in another chariot he had brought with him to the battle. Then they took Josiah to Jerusalem. King Josiah died in Jerusalem. Josiah was buried in the cemetery where his ancestors were buried. All the people of Judah and Jerusalem were very sad because Josiah was dead.

Psalm 37:37

Be pure and honest.\par Peace loving people\par will have many descendants.\par

Isaiah 39:8

Hezekiah told Isaiah, “This message from the Lord is good.” (Hezekiah said this because he thought, “There will be real peace and security while I am king.”)

Jeremiah 15:1

The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, even if Moses and Samuel were here to pray for the people of Judah, I would not feel sorry for these people. Send the people of Judah away from me. Tell them to go.