2 Chronicles 35:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹֽא־הֵסֵב֩ יֹאשִׁיָּ֨הוּ פָנָ֜יו מִמֶּ֗נּוּ כִּ֤י לְהִלָּחֵֽם־בּוֹ֙ הִתְחַפֵּ֔שׂ וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֛ע אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֥י נְכ֖וֹ מִפִּ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיָּבֹ֕א לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם בְּבִקְעַ֥ת מְגִדּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And not sābab Yōʾšiyyāhû his pānîm from him because to lāḥam with him he ḥāpaś and not šāmaʿ to dĕbārîm Nĕkô from peh ʾĕlōhîm and he bôʾ to lāḥam in biqʿat Mĕgiddô.

Grammar Details

*sābab*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - turned
*Yōʾšiyyāhû*: proper noun, masculine singular - Josiah
*pānîm*: common noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his face
*lāḥam*: niphal infinitive construct with preposition - to fight
*ḥāpaś*: hithpael perfect, 3rd masculine singular - disguised himself
*šāmaʿ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - listened/heeded
*dĕbārîm*: common noun, masculine plural construct - words of
*Nĕkô*: proper noun, masculine singular - Neco
*peh*: common noun, masculine singular construct - mouth of
*ʾĕlōhîm*: common noun, masculine plural - God/gods
*bôʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - came/went
*biqʿat*: common noun, feminine singular construct - valley of
*Mĕgiddô*: proper noun - Megiddo

Word Meanings

*sābab*: turned/turned away/declined
*pānîm*: face/presence/person
*ḥāpaś*: disguised himself/disguised/concealed himself
*šāmaʿ*: listened/heeded/obeyed
*peh*: mouth/command/speech

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Referenced Verses

Judg 5:19 : 19 The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: They took no gain of money.
2 Chr 18:29 : 29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went into the battle.
2 Chr 35:21 : 21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? [I come] not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war; and God hath commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from [meddling with] God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
1 Kgs 22:30 : 30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
1 Kgs 22:34 : 34 And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.
2 Kgs 9:27 : 27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden - house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot: [and they smote him] at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
2 Kgs 23:30 : 30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
2 Chr 18:4-6 : 4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray thee, for the word of Jehovah. 5 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king. 6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we may inquire of him?
Zech 12:11 : 11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Rev 16:16 : 16 And they gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew Har-Magedon.
1 Kgs 14:2 : 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who spake concerning me that I should be king over this people.
Josh 9:14 : 14 And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of Jehovah.

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28Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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30And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
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