2 Kings 14:29 - Exposition

And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, oven with the kings of Israel —his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather had been actually among the kings of Israel; but all the kings, his predecessors, were probably reckoned among his ancestors— and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead (see the comment on 2 Kings 15:8 ). By Zachariah's accession the promise given to Jehu ( 2 Kings 10:30 ), that his "children to the fourth generation should sit on the throne of Israel," was literally fulfilled. No other royal house occupied the Israelitish throne for more than three generations.