2 Chronicles 25:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Amaziah 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ מָלַ֣ךְ אֲמַצְיָ֔הוּ וְעֶשְׂרִי֤ם וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ יְהוֹעַדָּ֖ן מִירוּשָׁלָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

Ben-twenty wə-ḥāmēš year mālak ʾămaṣyāhû wə-twenty wā-tēšaʿ year mālak in-Yərûšālāim wə-šēm ʾimmô Yəhôʿaddān from-Yərûšāláyim

Grammar Details

*Ben*: construct state, 'son of' indicating age
*wə-ḥāmēš*: conjunction + cardinal number, 'and five'
*mālak*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'he reigned/became king'
*ʾămaṣyāhû*: proper noun, subject of verb
*wə*: conjunction, 'and'
*wā-tēšaʿ*: conjunction + cardinal number, 'and nine'
*Yərûšālāim*: proper noun with locative prefix 'in'
*wə-šēm*: conjunction + noun, 'and name of'
*ʾimmô*: noun with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix, 'his mother'
*Yəhôʿaddān*: proper noun, name
*mi-Yərûšāláyim*: proper noun with preposition 'from'

Word Meanings

*Ben*: son of/age of
*mālak*: reigned/ruled/became king

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 14:1-6 : 1 In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign. 2 He 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 Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done. 4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father: 6 but the children of the murderers he put not to death; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as Jehovah commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.

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2 Kgs 14:1-2
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1In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.
2He 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 Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.
2 Kgs 15:32-33
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2 Chr 25:25-27
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25And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
26Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
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2 Kgs 15:1-3
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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 25:2
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