1 Kings 14:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּרְחַבְעָם֙ בֶּן־שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִ֣ים וְאַחַ֣ת שָׁנָה֩ רְחַבְעָ֨ם בְּמָלְכ֜וֹ וּֽשֲׁבַ֨ע עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָ֣ה ׀ מָלַ֣ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם הָ֠עִיר אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה לָשׂ֨וּם אֶת־שְׁמ֥וֹ שָׁם֙ מִכֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ נַעֲמָ֖ה הָעַמֹּנִֽית׃

Transliteration

And Rĕḥabĕʿām ben-Šĕlōmōh mālak in-Yĕhûdâ; ben-ʾarbāʿîm and-ʾaḥat šānâ Rĕḥabĕʿām in-mālkô and-šĕba' ʿeśrê šānâ mālak in-Yĕrûšālaim the-ʿîr which-bāḥar YHWH to-śûm ʾet-šĕmô there from-all šibṭê Yiśrāʾēl, and-šēm ʾimmô Naʿămâ the-ʿAmmōnît.

Grammar Details

*Rĕḥabĕʿām*: proper noun
*ben*: masculine singular construct - son of
*Šĕlōmōh*: proper noun - Solomon
*mālak*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he reigned
*Yĕhûdâ*: proper noun - Judah
*ʾarbāʿîm*: cardinal number - forty
*ʾaḥat*: cardinal number, feminine singular - one
*šānâ*: feminine singular - year
*mālkô*: Qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his reigning
*šĕba'*: cardinal number - seven
*ʿeśrê*: cardinal number - teen (ten)
*Yĕrûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*ʿîr*: feminine singular - city
*bāḥar*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he chose
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*śûm*: Qal infinitive construct - to put/place
*šĕmô*: masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name
*šibṭê*: masculine plural construct - tribes of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun
*šēm*: masculine singular construct - name of
*ʾimmô*: feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mother
*Naʿămâ*: proper noun - Naamah
*ʿAmmōnît*: feminine singular adjective - Ammonite

Word Meanings

*mālak*: reigned/ruled/was king
*bāḥar*: chose/selected/elected
*śûm*: put/place/set
*šibṭê*: tribes/clans/peoples

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 12:13 : 13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
1 Kgs 14:31 : 31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
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.
2 Chr 13:7 : 7 And there were gathered unto him worthless men, base fellows, that strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them.
Ps 78:68-69 : 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved. 69 And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Ps 87:1-2 : 1 A Psalm of the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; For I have desired it.
Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.
Exod 20:24 : 24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.
Deut 12:5 : 5 But unto the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;
Deut 12:21 : 21 If the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to put his name there, be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which Jehovah hath given thee, as I have commanded thee; and thou mayest eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul.
Deut 23:3 : 3 An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of Jehovah for ever:
1 Kgs 8:16 : 16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
1 Kgs 8:44 : 44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Jehovah toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name;
1 Kgs 11:32 : 32 (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);

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