1 Kings 22:50

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֠ז אָמַ֞ר אֲחַזְיָ֤הוּ בֶן־אַחְאָב֙ אֶל־יְה֣וֹשָׁפָ֔ט יֵלְכ֧וּ עֲבָדַ֛י עִם־עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ בָּאֳנִיּ֑וֹת וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה יְהוֹשָׁפָֽט׃

Transliteration

Then ʾāmar ʾǎḥazyāhû ben-ʾaḥʾāb to-Yĕhôšāp̄āṭ yēlĕkû ʿăbāday with-ʿăbādeykā in-ʾŏniyyôt and-not ʾābāh Yĕhôšāp̄āṭ.

Grammar Details

*ʾāmar*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - said
*ʾǎḥazyāhû*: proper noun, masculine singular - Ahaziah
*ben*-*ʾaḥʾāb*: noun construct with proper noun - son of Ahab
*Yĕhôšāp̄āṭ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jehoshaphat
*yēlĕkû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural, jussive meaning - let them go
*ʿăbāday*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my servants
*ʿăbādeykā*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servants
*ʾŏniyyôt*: noun, feminine plural absolute with preposition *bĕ* - in ships
*ʾābāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - was willing/consented

Word Meanings

*ʾāmar*: said/spoke/commanded
*yēlĕkû*: let them go/they shall go
*ʾābāh*: was willing/consented/agreed [with negative: refused/declined]

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 21:1 : 1 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 21:5-7 : 5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah. 7 Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway.
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 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 15:24 : 24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 22:40 : 40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 8:16-18 : 16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. 17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Chr 21:1
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1And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 8:24
88%
24And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 15:24
85%
24And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 14:16
83%
16And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 10:35
83%
35And Jehu slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 22:40-42
3 verses
82%
40So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
41And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
2 Kgs 13:9
82%
9And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 27:9
81%
9And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 15:38
80%
38And 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.
2 Kgs 24:6
80%
6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 13:13
80%
13And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
2 Kgs 15:7
79%
7And Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 11:43
77%
43And 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 12:16
77%
16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 8:16-17
2 verses
77%
16And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
17Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
1 Kgs 22:51
77%
51Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
2 Chr 9:31
77%
31And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 16:28
76%
28So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 15:8
76%
8And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 16:20
76%
20And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 21:26
76%
26And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 28:27
76%
27And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 23:30
75%
30And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
1 Kgs 2:10
75%
10And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
2 Chr 35:24
75%
24So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
2 Kgs 20:21
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21And Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 9:28
75%
28And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
2 Chr 22:9
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2 Chr 26:23
75%
23So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 22:49
75%
49Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
2 Kgs 1:17
75%
17So he died according to the word of Jehovah which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram began to reign in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
2 Kgs 14:29
75%
29And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 17:1
74%
1And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
1 Kgs 22:37
74%
37So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
2 Chr 24:16
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16And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
2 Chr 33:20
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20So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 16:13
73%
13And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
2 Chr 14:1
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1So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
2 Kgs 14:22
72%
22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
2 Chr 22:1
72%
1And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2 Chr 24:25
72%
25And when they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
2 Kgs 12:21
72%
21For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 32:33
72%
33And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 22:44
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44And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
2 Kgs 15:22
71%
22And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 20:31
71%
31And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
2 Chr 25:28
71%
28And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.