2 Kings 14:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב יְהוֹאָשׁ֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵר֙ בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן עִ֖ם מַלְכֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ יָרָבְעָ֥ם בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

Transliteration

Wa-yishkab yəhôʾāsh ʿim-ʾăbōthāyw wa-yiqqābēr bə-shōmərôn ʿim malkê yiśrāʾēl wa-yimlōk yārābəʿām bənô taḥtāyw

Grammar Details

*wa*: consecutive prefix - and
*yishkab*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - he slept/lied down
*yəhôʾāsh*: proper noun - Jehoash
*ʿim*: preposition - with
*ʾăbōthāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his fathers
*yiqqābēr*: niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - he was buried
*bə*: preposition - in
*shōmərôn*: proper noun - Samaria
*malkê*: construct masculine plural - kings of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*yimlōk*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - he reigned
*yārābəʿām*: proper noun - Jeroboam
*bənô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his son
*taḥtāyw*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his place

Word Meanings

*yishkab ʿim-ʾăbōthāyw*: slept with his fathers [euphemism for died]
*yiqqābēr*: was buried/was entombed
*yimlōk taḥtāyw*: reigned in his place/became king in his stead

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 7:12 : 12 When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
1 Kgs 1:21 : 21 Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
2 Kgs 13:9 : 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 13:13 : 13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
Hos 1:1 : 1 The word of Jehovah that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
Amos 1:1 : 1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Amos 7:10-11 : 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Kgs 13:8-14
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8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
9And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
10In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] sixteen years.
11And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin; but he walked therein.
12Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
13And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
14Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over him, and said, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!
2 Kgs 10:35
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35And Jehu slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 22:50-51
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50And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
51Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
2 Chr 21:1
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1And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 8:24
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24And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 14:29
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29And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 15:24
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2 Kgs 15:7
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2 Kgs 15:38
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2 Kgs 14:17
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2 Kgs 14:15
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15Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kgs 24:6
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2 Chr 27:9
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1 Kgs 16:28
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2 Chr 12:16
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1 Kgs 14:18-20
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1 Kgs 22:40
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2 Kgs 12:21
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2 Kgs 23:30
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1 Kgs 15:8
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2 Kgs 13:1
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2 Kgs 16:20
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2 Kgs 14:22-23
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1 Chr 3:11
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2 Kgs 21:26
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2 Chr 28:27
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2 Chr 26:23
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2 Chr 25:25
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2 Chr 24:25
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1 Kgs 11:43
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2 Kgs 8:16
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2 Kgs 20:21
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2 Kgs 1:17
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2 Chr 16:13
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1 Kgs 22:37
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2 Chr 33:20
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2 Chr 9:31
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1 Kgs 16:6
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