2 Chronicles 1:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, unto Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֨א שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה לַבָּמָ֤ה אֲשֶׁר־בְּגִבְעוֹן֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם מִלִּפְנֵ֖י אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And-wayyābōʾ Šəlōmōh to-the-bāmâ which-in-Gibʿôn Yərûšālayim from-before ʾōhel môʿēd and-wayyimlōk over-Yiśrāʾēl.

Grammar Details

*wayyābōʾ*: Qal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he came
*Šəlōmōh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Solomon
*bāmâ*: noun feminine singular - high place/altar
*Gibʿôn*: proper noun - Gibeon
*Yərûšālayim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*ʾōhel*: noun masculine singular construct - tent of
*môʿēd*: noun masculine singular - meeting/appointed time
*wayyimlōk*: Qal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he reigned
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

*wayyābōʾ*: came/went/returned
*bāmâ*: high place/altar site/shrine
*wayyimlōk*: reigned/ruled/was king

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 4:24-25 : 24 For he had dominion over all [the region] on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides round about him. 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
2 Chr 1:3 : 3 So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the wilderness.

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2 Chr 1:1-3
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1And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
2And Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' [houses].
3So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the wilderness.
1 Kgs 4:1
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1And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
1 Chr 29:23
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23Then Solomon sat on the throne of Jehovah as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
2 Chr 1:14
77%
14And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
1 Kgs 1:46
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46And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
1 Kgs 8:1
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1Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.
1 Kgs 1:53
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53So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said unto him, Go to thy house.
1 Kgs 3:4
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4And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
2 Chr 9:30-31
2 verses
75%
30And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
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 12:1
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1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
2 Chr 1:7-10
4 verses
74%
7In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
8And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great lovingkindness unto David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.
9Now, O Jehovah God, let thy promise unto David my father be established; for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
1 Chr 29:25
74%
25And Jehovah magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
Eccl 1:12
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12I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
1 Kgs 3:15
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15And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream: and he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
2 Chr 5:2
74%
2Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.
2 Chr 9:22-23
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74%
22So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
1 Kgs 9:1-2
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1And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
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2 Chr 10:1-2
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1And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
2And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, (for he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon,) that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
1 Kgs 2:41
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41And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
1 Kgs 2:12
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12And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
1 Kgs 10:23
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23So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
1 Kgs 5:13
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13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
1 Kgs 11:42-43
2 verses
73%
42And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
43And 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 1:35
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35Then ye shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead; and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.
1 Kgs 6:11
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11And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying,
2 Chr 1:12
73%
12wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee; neither shall there any after thee have the like.
1 Kgs 1:33
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33And the king said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
1 Kgs 4:34
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34And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
1 Kgs 1:38
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38So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
1 Kgs 4:21
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21And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Prov 1:1
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1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
1 Kgs 8:65
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65So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
1 Kgs 10:4
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4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
2 Chr 8:17
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17Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the {H3220} seashore in the land of Edom.
2 Chr 2:1
71%
1Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.
2 Chr 9:1
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1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
1 Kgs 10:26
71%
26And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
2 Chr 30:26
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26So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
2 Chr 9:3
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3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
1 Kgs 7:13
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13And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.