Quotes About Death

And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.í” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.

When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.

But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

And Jezebelís body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.í”

And Jehu rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Jehoahaz reigned in his place.

So they seized Athaliah as she reached the horsesí entrance to the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.

His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.

And Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.

Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the manís body into Elishaís tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.

When Hazael king of Aram died, his son Ben-hadad reigned in his place.

And Jehoash rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And his son Jeroboam reigned in his place.

And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.

And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.

And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.

And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David, and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.

until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ëThe LORD will deliver us.í

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ëPut your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.í”

And Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.

At the end of Josiahís reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.

From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.

There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.