2 Kings 14:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ה֚וּא בָּנָ֣ה אֶת־אֵילַ֔ת וַיְשִׁבֶ֖הָ לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה אַחֲרֵ֥י שְׁכַֽב־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עִם־אֲבֹתָֽיו׃

Transliteration

Hûʾ bānāh ʾeth-ʾêlath wa-yəshibehā lî-yhûdāh ʾaḥărê shəkab-ha-melek ʿim-ʾăbōthāyw

Grammar Details

*hûʾ*: 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he
*bānāh*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he built
*ʾeth*: direct object marker
*ʾêlath*: proper noun - Elath
*wa*: consecutive prefix - and
*yəshibehā*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - he restored it
*lî*: preposition - to/for
*yhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*ʾaḥărê*: preposition - after
*shəkab*: qal infinitive construct - lying down of
*ha*: definite article - the
*melek*: masculine singular - king
*ʿim*: preposition - with
*ʾăbōthāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his fathers

Word Meanings

*yəshibehā*: restored it/returned it/brought it back
*shəkab ha-melek ʿim-ʾăbōthāyw*: the king slept with his fathers [euphemism for died]

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 16:6 : 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day.
1 Kgs 9:26 : 26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
Deut 2:8 : 8 So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
2 Chr 26:2 : 2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
2 Chr 8:17 : 17 Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the {H3220} seashore in the land of Edom.

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1And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
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