²⁷ And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, for ^(A)they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

^20 (A)He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed ^(B)with no one's regret. ^(C)They buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

²⁵ When they had departed from him, leaving him ^(A)severely wounded, ^(B)his servants conspired against him because of the blood of ^(C)the son^[a] of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, ^(D)but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

²⁰ So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his house, and Amon his son reigned in his place.

²³ And Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the burial field that belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” And Jotham his son reigned in his place.

³⁰ Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ^(A)‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ ^(B)but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

An Oracle Concerning Philistia

²⁸ In the year that ^(A)King Ahaz died came this ^(B)oracle: