Reference

2 Kings 21:26

And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
24

And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

25

Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

26

And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Death as Sleep

The verse explicitly states that the individual was "buried in his sepulchre," which refers to a physical burial and not a metaphorical state of sleep. There is no language in the verse that uses sleep, rest, silence, or unconsciousness as a metaphor for death.