2 Chronicles 21:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he had brethren, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֽוֹ־אַחִ֞ים בְּנֵ֣י יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט עֲזַרְיָ֤ה וִֽיחִיאֵל֙ וּזְכַרְיָ֣הוּ וַעֲזַרְיָ֔הוּ וּמִיכָאֵ֖ל וּשְׁפַטְיָ֑הוּ כָּל־אֵ֕לֶּה בְּנֵ֖י יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And-to-him-ʾaḥîm bĕnê Yĕhôšāp̄āṭ ʿĂzaryāh and-Yĕḥîʾēl and-Zĕḵaryāhû and-ʿĂzaryāhû and-Mîḵāʾēl and-Šĕp̄aṭyāhû all-these bĕnê Yĕhôšāp̄āṭ meleḵ-Yiśrāʾēl.

Grammar Details

• *ʾaḥîm*: noun, masculine plural - brothers
• *bĕnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
• *Yĕhôšāp̄āṭ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jehoshaphat
• *ʿĂzaryāh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Azariah
• *Yĕḥîʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jehiel
• *Zĕḵaryāhû*: proper noun, masculine singular - Zechariah
• *ʿĂzaryāhû*: proper noun, masculine singular - Azariah
• *Mîḵāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Michael
• *Šĕp̄aṭyāhû*: proper noun, masculine singular - Shephatiah
• *meleḵ*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *ʾaḥîm*: brothers/male siblings
• *bĕnê*: sons of/male children of
• *meleḵ*: king/ruler/sovereign

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 23:2 : 2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers' [houses] of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
• 2 Chr 24:5 : 5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
• 2 Chr 12:6 : 6 Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.
• 2 Chr 21:4 : 4 Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.
• 2 Chr 24:16 : 16 And 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 28:19 : 19 For Jehovah brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had dealt wantonly in Judah, and trespassed sore against Jehovah.
• 2 Chr 28:23 : 23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
• 2 Chr 28:27 : 27 And 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 Chr 33:18 : 18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.
• 2 Chr 35:18 : 18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did any of the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.