2 Chronicles 26:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of Jehovah, that were valiant men:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֥א אַחֲרָ֖יו עֲזַרְיָ֣הוּ הַכֹּהֵ֑ן וְעִמּ֞וֹ כֹּהֲנִ֧ים ׀ לַיהוָ֛ה שְׁמוֹנִ֖ים בְּנֵי־חָֽיִל׃

Transliteration

wə-yābō' after-him 'ăzaryāhû the-kōhēn and-with-him kōhănîm to-YHWH eighty bənê-ḥāyil

Grammar Details

*wə-yābō'*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he entered
*'ăzaryāhû*: proper name - Azariah
*kōhēn*: masculine singular noun - priest
*kōhănîm*: masculine plural noun - priests
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh
*bənê*: masculine plural construct - sons of
*ḥāyil*: masculine singular noun - strength/valor

Word Meanings

*wə-yābō'*: and he entered/went in/followed
*kōhēn*: priest/minister
*kōhănîm*: priests/ministers
*bənê*: sons of/men of/warriors of
*ḥāyil*: strength/valor/might/courage

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 6:10 : 10 and Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem),
1 Chr 12:28 : 28 and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.
1 Chr 26:6 : 6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.

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19Then Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy brake forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the altar of incense.
20And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because Jehovah had smitten him.
21And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.
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2 Chr 26:23
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