Reference

2 Kings 15:38

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
36

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

37

In those days the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

38

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

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Death as Sleep

The phrase "slept with his fathers" could be interpreted as a euphemism for death that simply indicates the end of life and joining ancestors, without necessarily implying a state of sleep or unconsciousness in death.