What Does 2 Chronicles 24:16 Mean in the King James?
And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The “house” served here is a living sacred household, and its good can give someone the standing of kings without a crown.
THE MEANING
The verse places a life’s honor beside the place of kings: its good reaches the people, God, and God’s house. Its present measure for you is the benefit your life carries into the shared sacred life. That service has weight even where royal rank is absent.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Only royal birth or office can make someone worthy of royal honor.
THE ROOT
בֵּיתוֹ
beito
GROWS FROM
ב־י־ת
b-y-t
House, dwelling, household; the word can name both a place and the people gathered under it.
Bayit can name a dwelling and the household or line gathered under it. So the good directed toward “his house” reaches beyond a structure into shared sacred life, and the burial among kings marks that service as publicly weighty.
ALSO GROWS
bayit: house, dwelling, household
בַּיִת
It holds together the physical place and the community that belongs to it.
beit Elohim: house of God, temple
בֵּית־אֱלֹהִים
It makes clear how “house” can name the sacred dwelling served by the good described here.
טוֹבָה
tovah
GROWS FROM
ט־ו־ב
ṭ-w-b
Goodness, pleasantness, benefit.
The verse calls his deeds tovah, goodness that benefits. The root’s sense of what is good and favorable makes the impact concrete: this good reaches the people and God’s house, rather than remaining an abstract reputation.
ALSO GROWS
tov: good, favorable, beneficial
טוֹב
This form names the quality carried by the deeds in the verse.
tuv: goodness, good things, welfare
טוּב
This form shows goodness as something that can be received as benefit or well-being.
מְלָכִים
melakhim
GROWS FROM
מ־ל־ך
m-l-k
Rule, kingship, reigning.
The burial place gives him the honor associated with kings, although the verse points to his good rather than a crown. The root gathers king, kingdom, and kingship, so the placement signals public honor beyond royal office.
ALSO GROWS
melekh: king
מֶלֶךְ
It names the rank whose burial place receives him.
malkhut: kingship, kingdom
מַלְכוּת
It shows the wider sphere of rule and public honor evoked by burial among kings.
THE PATTERN
A life’s service can receive honor that outlasts the person who gave it.
Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.THE THREAD
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.The same Hebrew root ט־ו־ב (ṭ-w-b), meaning good or beneficial, describes the LORD here and the good Jehoiada does in 2 Chronicles. The shared root lets goodness appear as something experienced and carried into life, not merely a label of praise.
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