2 Chronicles 33:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִֽים וּשְׁתַּ֛יִם שָׁנָ֖ה אָמ֣וֹן בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ וּשְׁתַּ֣יִם שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּֽירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

Transliteration

Ben-ʿesrîm ûshetayim shānāh ʾĀmôn bemālkhô ûshetayim shānîm mālakh bîrûshālāim

Grammar Details

*Ben*: masculine singular construct - son of
*ʿesrîm*: cardinal number - twenty
*ûshetayim*: conjunction + cardinal number, feminine - and two
*shānāh*: feminine singular noun - year
*ʾĀmôn*: proper noun - Amon
*bemālkhô*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his becoming king
*shānîm*: feminine plural noun - years
*mālakh*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he reigned
*bîrûshālāim*: preposition + proper noun - in Jerusalem

Word Meanings

*bemālkhô*: when he became king/when he began to reign

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 21:19-24 : 19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father. 21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: 22 and he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah. 23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house. 24 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
2 Chr 33:1 : 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem.
Luke 12:19-20 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
Jas 4:13-15 : 13 Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain: 14 whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. {G1063} What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Kgs 21:18-26
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18And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
19Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
20And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father.
21And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
22and he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.
23And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.
24But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
25Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
26And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 33:22-25
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22And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed unto all the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.
23And he humbled not himself before Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
24And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.
25But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
2 Chr 33:20
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20So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 21:5
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5Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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.
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2 Chr 33:1
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1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem.
2 Chr 27:8
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2 Chr 25:1
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1Amaziah 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.
1 Chr 3:14
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2 Chr 22:1-2
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1And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
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2 Chr 36:5
71%
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2 Chr 34:1
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2 Kgs 8:17
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17Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
2 Kgs 8:25-26
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2 Chr 21:20
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2 Chr 36:2
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2 Chr 36:11
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2 Kgs 15:1-2
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2 Kgs 11:21
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1 Kgs 16:29
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2 Kgs 21:1-2
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2 Chr 28:1
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2 Kgs 14:23
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2 Chr 25:25
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2 Kgs 16:2
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2 Kgs 15:33
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2 Kgs 23:31-32
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