Gathered unto their fathers. — See 2 Kings 22:20, and for similar phrases, Genesis 15:15; 1 Kings 1:21; Acts 13:36, &c. Another common phrase is. “gathered unto his people” (Genesis 15:8, &c.); and “sleep with fathers” (Deuteronomy 31:16), &c.
Which knew not the Lord. — “They proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord” (Jeremiah 9:3; comp. Titus 1:16).