Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
Ver. 28. Behold, I will gather thee.] See 2 Kings 22:20 .
All the evil.] War, and all the evils that attend it, as filth falleth into a sink.
So they brought the king word.] They were no way guilty of that fault which the Greeks call παραπρεσβεια, or delivering a wrong message.