2 Chronicles 25:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֗י אַחֲרֵ֨י ב֤וֹא אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙ מֵֽהַכּ֣וֹת אֶת־אֲדוֹמִ֔ים וַיָּבֵ֗א אֶת־אֱלֹהֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י שֵׂעִ֔יר וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֥ם ל֖וֹ לֵאלֹהִ֑ים וְלִפְנֵיהֶ֥ם יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה וְלָהֶ֥ם יְקַטֵּֽר׃

Transliteration

And wa-yəhî after bôʾ ʾămaṣyāhû from hakkôt ʾet-ʾădômîm, and wa-yābēʾ ʾet-ʾĕlōhê bənê śēʿîr, and wa-yaʿămîdēm to-him for-lēʾlōhîm, and before-them yištaḥăweh and to-them yəqaṭṭēr.

Grammar Details

*wa-yəhî*: waw-consecutive with imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it came to pass/happened
*bôʾ*: infinitive construct - coming/arrival of
*ʾămaṣyāhû*: proper noun, masculine - Amaziah
*hakkôt*: hiphil infinitive construct with prefixed definite article - the striking/defeating of
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʾădômîm*: proper noun, masculine plural - Edomites
*wa-yābēʾ*: waw-consecutive with hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he brought
*ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - gods of
*bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of/people of
*śēʿîr*: proper noun - Seir
*wa-yaʿămîdēm*: waw-consecutive with hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he set them up
*lēʾlōhîm*: preposition lamed with noun, masculine plural - for gods
*yištaḥăweh*: hitpael imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he would bow down/worship
*yəqaṭṭēr*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he would burn incense

Word Meanings

*ʾĕlōhê*: gods/deities/idols of
*śēʿîr*: Seir (mountainous region of Edom)
*yištaḥăweh*: worship/prostrate/bow down
*yəqaṭṭēr*: burn incense/make offerings/sacrifice

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Referenced Verses

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.
Isa 44:19 : 19 And none calleth to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
Exod 20:3-5 : 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness [of any thing] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
Deut 7:5 : 5 But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.
Deut 7:25 : 25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
2 Sam 5:21 : 21 And they left their images there; and David and his men took them away.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Chr 25:15
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15Wherefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, who said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?
2 Chr 25:19-21
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19Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thy heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to [thy] hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
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21So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
2 Chr 25:10-11
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10Then Amaziah separated them, [to wit], the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.
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13But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote of them three thousand, and took much spoil.
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