2 Chronicles 9:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he ruled over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֥י מוֹשֵׁ֖ל בְּכָל־הַמְּלָכִ֑ים מִן־הַנָּהָר֙ וְעַד־אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְעַ֖ד גְּב֥וּל מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

wayəhî môšēl over all the məlāḵîm from the nāhār and unto ʾereṣ pəlištîm and unto gəḇûl miṣrāyim

Grammar Details

• *wayəhî*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he was
• *môšēl*: qal participle masculine singular - ruling
• *məlāḵîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the kings
• *nāhār*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the river (Euphrates)
• *ʾereṣ*: construct feminine singular noun - land of
• *pəlištîm*: proper noun - Philistines
• *gəḇûl*: masculine singular construct - border of
• *miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt

Word Meanings

• *nāhār*: the River (typically refers to the Euphrates)
• *ʾereṣ pəlištîm*: land of the Philistines/Philistia
• *gəḇûl miṣrāyim*: border of Egypt/Egyptian frontier

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 4:21 : 21 And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
• Gen 15:18 : 18 In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
• Exod 23:31 : 31 And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
• 1 Kgs 4:24 : 24 For he had dominion over all [the region] on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
• Ps 72:8-9 : 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust. 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; All nations shall serve him.
• Dan 7:14 : 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
• Rev 19:16 : 16 And he hath on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KINGS OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
• Josh 13:2-7 : 2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites; 3 from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the border of Ekron northward, [which] is reckoned to the Canaanites; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim, 4 on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongeth to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the border of the Amorites; 5 and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath; 6 all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians; them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only allot thou it unto Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. 7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the {H2677} half-tribe of Manasseh.