²⁰ They shall fall among those who are killed by the sword. Egypt^[b] has been handed over to the sword; both it and its hordes will be carried away.^{[c] 21} The mighty chiefs shall speak of them, with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: “They have come down; they lie still, the uncircumcised, killed by the sword.”^(C)

²² Assyria is there and all its company, their graves all around it, all of them killed, fallen by the sword.^{(D) 23} Their graves are set in the uttermost parts of the Pit. Its company is all around its grave, all of them killed, fallen by the sword, who spread terror in the land of the living.^(E)

²⁴ Elam is there and all its hordes around its grave, all of them killed, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into the world below, who spread terror in the land of the living. They bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.^{(F) 25} They have made Elam^[d] a bed among the slain with all its hordes, their graves all around it, all of them uncircumcised, killed by the sword, for terror of them was spread in the land of the living, and they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit; they are placed among the slain.^(G)

²⁶ Meshech and Tubal are there, and all their multitude, their graves all around them, all of them uncircumcised, pierced by the sword, for they spread terror in the land of the living.^{(H) 27} And they do not lie with the fallen warriors of long ago^[e] who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were laid under their heads and whose shields^[f] are upon their bones; for the terror of the warriors was in the land of the living.^{(I) 28} So you shall be broken and lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are killed by the sword.

²⁹ Edom is there, its kings and all its princes, who for all their might are laid with those who are killed by the sword; they lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the Pit.^(J)

³⁰ The princes of the north are there, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who have gone down in shame with the slain, for all the terror that they caused by their might; they lie uncircumcised with those who are killed by the sword and bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.^(K)

³¹ When Pharaoh sees them, he will be consoled for all his hordes—Pharaoh and all his army, killed by the sword, says the Lord God. ³² For he^[g] spread terror in the land of the living; therefore he shall be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword—Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord God.

¹⁶ What right do you have here? Who are your relatives here, that you have cut out a tomb here for yourself, cutting a tomb^[a] on the height and carving a habitation for yourself^[b] in the rock?^(A)

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

¹⁶ And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel and for God and his house.^(A)

⁵ when one is afraid of heights, and terrors are in the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along,^[a] and the caper bud falls; because all must go to their eternal home, and the mourners will go about the streets;^(A)

³ A man may father a hundred children and live many years, but however many are the days of his years, if he does not enjoy life’s good things or has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.^(A)