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2 Chronicles 33:20

So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house,.... That is, in the garden of his house,

See Gill on "2 Kings 21:18"; there; to which may be added, that the Jews {s} in later times buried in a garden; though it was the custom of the ancients, both Greeks {t} and Romans {u}, to bury the dead in their own houses; hence sprung the worship of the Lares and Penates, the household gods: from hence to the end of the chapter is the same with

2 Kings 21:18.

See Gill on "2 Kings 21:18" See Gill on "2 Kings 21:19" See Gill on "2 Kings 21:20" See Gill on "2 Kings 21:21" See Gill on "2 Kings 21:22" See Gill on "2 Kings 21:23" See Gill on "2 Kings 21:24" See Gill on "2 Kings 21:25" See Gill on "2 Kings 21:26"


{s} Cippi Heb. p. 43.
{t} Plato in Minoe.
{u} Servius in Virgil. Aeneid. 5. "praeterea si nova", & in l. 6. "sedibus hunc refer", &c.

 

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