2 Chronicles 20:31

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט עַל־יְהוּדָ֑ה בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁים֩ וְחָמֵ֨שׁ שָׁנָ֜ה בְּמָלְכ֗וֹ וְעֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ מָלַ֣ךְ בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ עֲזוּבָ֖ה בַּת־שִׁלְחִֽי׃

Transliteration

And wayyimlōk Yehôšāfāṭ over-Yehûdāh son-of-thirty and-five šānāh in-mālkô and-twenty and-five šānāh mālak in-Yerûšālaim and-šēm ʾimmô ʿAzûbāh daughter-of-Šilḥî.

Grammar Details

*wayyimlōk*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he reigned
*Yehôšāfāṭ*: proper noun - Jehoshaphat
*Yehûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*šānāh*: feminine singular noun - year
*mālkô*: qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his reigning/becoming king
*mālak*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he reigned
*Yerûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*šēm*: masculine singular construct - name of
*ʾimmô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mother
*ʿAzûbāh*: proper noun - Azubah
*Šilḥî*: proper noun - Shilhi

Word Meanings

*wayyimlōk*: reigned/ruled/became king
*mālkô*: his becoming king/his accession/his reign

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 22:41-44 : 41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 42 Jehoshaphat 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. 43 And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; He turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah: howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

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1 Kgs 22:41-43
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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.
43And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; He turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah: howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
2 Kgs 22:1
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1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
2 Kgs 15:33
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33Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
2 Chr 25:1
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1Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem.
2 Kgs 15:1-2
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1In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
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2 Chr 27:1
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2 Kgs 14:1-2
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2 Chr 20:32
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2 Chr 26:3
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2 Chr 24:1
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2 Chr 22:1-2
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1 Kgs 22:50-51
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2 Chr 34:1
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