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2 Chronicles 16:13

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Chronicles 16:13 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
2 Chronicles 16:13 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 16

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
10Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
11And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12And in the thirty and ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to Jehovah, but to the physicians.
13And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
14And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds [of spices] prepared by the perfumers` art: and they made a very great burning for him.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the forty first year of his reign.] (see <111510>1 Kings 15:10,24).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“am 3090, bc 914 slept: Kg1 15:24 2 Chronicles 16:14”
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