So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
Ver. 7. So Azariah slept, &c.] When this king died, the Philistines rejoiced, because "the rod of him that smote them was broken." But "out of the serpent's root came forth a cockatrice" - Hezekiah - "and his fruit was a fiery, flying serpent" (Isaiah 14:29, with 2Ch 26:6-7). He stung them worse than his grandfather had done.
And they buried him, &c.] In some by-corner of the king's burial place, "for they said, He is a leper." 2Ch 26:23