2 Kings 22:20 (KJV)
Behold therefore I will gatherthee unto thy fathersand thou shalt be gatheredinto thy gravein peaceand thine eyesshall not seeall the evilwhich I will bringupon this placeAnd they broughtthe king word again
Cross-references
I will gather. Ge 25:8 De 31:16 1Ch 17:11 2Ch 34:28
gathered. 2Ki 23:29 2Ki 23:30 Ps 37:37 Isa 57:1 Isa 57:2 Jer 22:10 Jer 22:15 Jer 22:16
thou shalt.During thy life, none of these calamities shall fall upon thee nor thy people; no adversary shall be permitted to disturb the peace of Judea; and thou shalt at last "be gathered into thy grave in peace." Now, though it is stated that Pharaoh-Necho slew him at Megiddo, yet the Assyrians and the Jews were at peace; and though Josiah might feel it his duty to oppose the Egyptian king's going against his friend and ally, and that, in his endeavours to oppose him, he was mortally wounded at Megiddo, yet certainly he was not killed there, but was brought to Jerusalem, where he died in peace.
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