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2 Chronicles 32:33 Explained in Context
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Verse 33. 33And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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Quick Meaning
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Hezekiah's record and honored burial close the reign.”
Isaiah's vision and the kings' book are named together
This verse is one part of that explanation in 2 Chronicles 32:32–33. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 32:32–33
Read 2 Chronicles 32:33 with 32:32–33. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Isaiah's vision and the kings' record are cited, Hezekiah is buried in an honored location, Judah mourns, and Manasseh succeeds.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Hezekiah's record and honored burial close the reign,” 2 Chronicles 32:33 closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition through the wording “And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: The positive public memory leads directly into the longest and most destructive reign in the book. 2 Chronicles 32:27–31 has just established this prior movement: Hezekiah amasses treasure, storehouses, herds, cities, and waterworks; prosperity accompanies his works, but Babylonian envoys investigating the sign become a test in which God leaves him to reveal his heart. Together those details explain why “Hezekiah's record and honored burial close the reign” belongs here rather than merely following a database record.
Read 2 Chronicles 32:32–33 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 32:32–33 forms the complete movement “Hezekiah's record and honored burial close the reign”: Isaiah's vision and the kings' record are cited, Hezekiah is buried in an honored location, Judah mourns, and Manasseh succeeds.
Verse 32. 32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
Verse 33. 33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
What Remains True
Reform joins worship, generosity, welcome, administration, practical preparation, prayer, humility, and truthful limits; neither prosperity nor deliverance proves permanent immunity. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Isaiah's vision and the kings' record are cited, Hezekiah is buried in an honored location, Judah mourns, and Manasseh succeeds. In 2 Chronicles 32:33, the concrete line “And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Chronicles 32:32–33, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 32:32–33
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NET Bible Full Notes: 2 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 2 Chronicles 32:32–33, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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