1 Kings 14:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַיָּמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָלַ֣ךְ יָרָבְעָ֔ם עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם שָׁנָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ נָדָ֥ב בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

Transliteration

And-the-yāmîm which mālak Yārāb'ām ʿeśrîm and-šĕtayim šānâ, and yiškab with-ʾăbōtāyw and yimlōk Nādāb bĕnô taḥtāyw.

Grammar Details

*yāmîm*: masculine plural - days
*mālak*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he reigned
*Yārāb'ām*: proper noun
*ʿeśrîm*: cardinal number - twenty
*šĕtayim*: cardinal number, feminine dual - two
*šānâ*: feminine singular - year
*yiškab*: Qal imperfect (with waw consecutive), 3rd masculine singular - he lay down/slept
*ʾăbōtāyw*: masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his fathers
*yimlōk*: Qal imperfect (with waw consecutive), 3rd masculine singular - he reigned
*Nādāb*: proper noun
*bĕnô*: masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his son
*taḥtāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his place

Word Meanings

*mālak*: reigned/ruled
*šānâ*: year/years (context: 22 years)
*yiškab* *ʿim-ʾăbōtāyw*: slept with his fathers/died/was gathered to his ancestors
*taḥtāyw*: in his place/instead of him/as his successor

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 2:10 : 10 And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
1 Kgs 11:43 : 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 15:25-31 : 25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years. 26 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. 27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon. 28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. 29 And it came to pass that, as soon as he was king, he smote all the house of Jeroboam: he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him; according unto the saying of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite; 30 for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and wherewith he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation wherewith he provoked Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger. 31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Job 14:12 : 12 So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
Ps 3:5 : 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; For Jehovah sustaineth me.
Ps 4:8 : 8 In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.

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