2 Chronicles 16:13 (DRB)

Passage

And he slept with his fathers: and he died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 16:11 But the works of Asa the first and last are written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.

2 Chronicles 16:12 And Asa fell sick in the nine and thirtieth year of his reign, of a most violent pain in his feet, and yet in his illness he did not seek the Lord, but rather trusted in the skill of physicians.

2 Chronicles 16:13 And he slept with his fathers: and he died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.

2 Chronicles 16:14 And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had made for himself in the city of David: and they laid him on his bed full of spices and odoriferous ointments, which were made by the art of the perfumers, and they burnt them over him with very great pomp.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "slept", "fathers", "died", "fortieth", "year", and "reign". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "slept" and "fathers", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And Asa fell sick in the nine..." into verse 14's "And they buried him in his own...", so "slept" and "fathers" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "slept" and "fathers" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.