2 Chronicles 23:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּעֲמֵ֨ד אֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֜ם וְאִ֣ישׁ ׀ שִׁלְח֣וֹ בְיָד֗וֹ מִכֶּ֨תֶף הַבַּ֤יִת הַיְמָנִית֙ עַד־כֶּ֤תֶף הַבַּ֙יִת֙ הַשְּׂמָאלִ֔ית לַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ וְלַבָּ֑יִת עַל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ סָבִֽיב׃

Transliteration

wə-yaʿămēḏ ʾeṯ-all-the ʿām, and ʾîš šilḥô in yāḏô, from keṯep̄ the bayiṯ the yəmānîṯ unto-keṯep̄ the bayiṯ the śəmāʾlîṯ, to the mizbēaḥ and to the bāyiṯ, around-the meleḵ sāḇîḇ.

Grammar Details

*wə-yaʿămēḏ*: Hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he stationed
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*ʿām*: noun, masculine singular - people
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - each man
*šilḥô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his weapon/javelin
*yāḏô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand
*keṯep̄*: noun, feminine singular construct - side/shoulder of
*bayiṯ*: noun, masculine singular - house
*yəmānîṯ*: adjective, feminine singular - right
*śəmāʾlîṯ*: adjective, feminine singular - left
*mizbēaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - altar
*bāyiṯ*: noun, masculine singular - house
*meleḵ*: noun, masculine singular - king
*sāḇîḇ*: adverb - around

Word Meanings

*yaʿămēḏ*: stationed/positioned/set
*šilḥô*: his weapon/his javelin/his dart
*keṯep̄*: side/shoulder/corner
*yəmānîṯ*: right/southern
*śəmāʾlîṯ*: left/northern
*sāḇîḇ*: around/surrounding/on all sides

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 40:6 : 6 And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
2 Kgs 11:11 : 11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.
2 Chr 6:12 : 12 And he stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands;

Similar Verses (AI)

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

2 Kgs 11:7-13
7 verses
88%
7And the two companies of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king.
8And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain: and be ye with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in.
9And the captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
10And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of Jehovah.
11And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.
12Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and [gave him] the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, [Long] live the king.
13And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard [and of] the people, she came to the people into the house of Jehovah:
2 Chr 23:7-9
3 verses
80%
7And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever cometh into the house, let him be slain: and be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.
8So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath; with those that were to go out on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
9And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.
2 Chr 23:11-21
11 verses
77%
11Then they brought out the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and [gave him] the testimony, and made him king: and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said, [Long] live the king.
12And when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of Jehovah:
13and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also [played] on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason! treason!
14And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between the ranks; and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword: for the priest said, Slay her not in the house of Jehovah.
15So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king's house: and they slew her there.
16And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah's people.
17And all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
18And Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Jehovah, to offer the burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
19And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in.
20And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Jehovah: and they came through the upper gate unto the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
21So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And Athaliah they had slain with the sword.
2 Kgs 11:16-20
5 verses
73%
16So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house: and there was she slain.
17And Jehoiada made a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, that they should be Jehovah's people; between the king also and the people.
18And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of Jehovah.
19And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Jehovah, and came by the way of the gate of the guard unto the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
20So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And Athaliah they had slain with the sword at the king's house.
2 Kgs 23:1-4
4 verses
72%
1And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
2And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Jehovah.
3And the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all [his] heart, and all [his] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.
4And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.
2 Chr 23:1
72%
1And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
2 Chr 23:3
72%
3And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the sons of David.
2 Kgs 11:4-5
2 verses
71%
4And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of Jehovah; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah, and showed them the king's son.
5And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
2 Chr 23:5
71%
5and a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of Jehovah.
2 Chr 34:30
70%
30And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of Jehovah.
2 Chr 24:8
70%
8So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of Jehovah.
2 Chr 12:11
70%
11And it was so, that, as oft as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the guard came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard - chamber.
Ezek 21:22
70%
22In his right hand was the divination [for] Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.
2 Kgs 12:9
69%
9But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of Jehovah: and the priests that kept the threshold put therein all the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah.
1 Sam 22:17
69%
17And the king said unto the guard that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of Jehovah; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah.
2 Chr 32:6
69%
6And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the broad place at the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
2 Chr 24:21
69%
21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
2 Chr 11:12
69%
12And in every city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
2 Chr 35:10
69%
10So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their courses, according to the king's commandment.
2 Kgs 23:12
69%
12And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, did the king break down, and beat [them] down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
2 Chr 24:10
68%
10And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
1 Kgs 20:24
68%
24And do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room;
Ezek 21:16
68%
16Gather thee together, go to the right, set thyself in array, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
Ezek 9:2
68%
2And behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lieth toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side. And they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.