Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
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Barnes' Notes
Not in the sepulchres of the kings - Compare the similar treatment of Joash 2Ch 24:25 and Ahaz 2Ch 28:27.
Adam Clarke
Departed without being desired - He was hated while he lived, and neglected when he died; visibly cursed of God, and necessarily execrated by the people whom he had lived only to corrupt and oppress.…
Here we have, I. A warning from God sent to Jehoram by a writing from Elijah the prophet. By this it appears that Jehoram came to the throne, and showed himself what he was before Elijah's…
Cambridge Bible
and departed without being desired Render, he lived so that none desired him (or "delighted in him"). Cp. LXX., ἐπορεύθη οὐκ ἐν ἐπαίνῳ, lit. "he walked without praise."
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but not in…
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