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27 From the time Amaziah turned from following the Lord, conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem,[a] so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him[b] and they killed him there. 28 His body was carried back by horses,[c] and he was buried with his ancestors[d] in the City of David.[e]

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  1. 2 Chronicles 25:27 tn Heb “and they conspired against him [with] a conspiracy in Jerusalem.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 25:27 tn Heb “and they sent after him to Lachish.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 25:28 tn Heb “and they carried him on horses.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 25:28 tn Heb “fathers.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 25:28 tc The Hebrew text has “Judah,” but some medieval mss read “David,” as does the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 14:20.sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.