slept with his fathers. Only the fact referred to here. Not the manner of his death and burial, for which see Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 22:19; Jeremiah 36:29; Jeremiah 36:30 It was as foretold. The expression "slept with his fathers" is used even of Ahab; and every king of Judah whose death is recorded is said also to have been buried, except Jehoiakim. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16.
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2 Kings 24:6
6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.