2 Kings 21:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב מְנַשֶּׁה֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר בְּגַן־בֵּית֖וֹ בְּגַן־עֻזָּ֑א וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אָמ֥וֹן בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

Transliteration

wa-yishkab Menasheh with-'ăbōtāyw wa-yiqqābēr in-gan-bêytô in-gan-'Uzzā' wa-yimlōk 'Āmôn benô taḥtāyw

Grammar Details

*wa-yishkab*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he lay down
*Menasheh*: proper noun - Manasseh
*'ăbōtāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his fathers
*wa-yiqqābēr*: conjunction + Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he was buried
*gan*: masculine singular construct - garden of
*bêytô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his house
*'Uzzā'*: proper noun - Uzza
*wa-yimlōk*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he reigned
*'Āmôn*: proper noun - Amon
*benô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his son
*taḥtāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his place

Word Meanings

*yishkab* with-*'ăbōtāyw*: he slept with his fathers/he died/he passed away
*yiqqābēr*: he was buried/he was entombed
*gan*: garden/orchard/park
*yimlōk*: he reigned/he ruled/he became king
*taḥtāyw*: in his place/instead of him/as his successor

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 33:20 : 20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 21:26 : 26 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 21:20 : 20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
2 Chr 24:16 : 16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
2 Chr 24:25 : 25 And when they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
2 Chr 28:27 : 27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 32:33 : 33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
Jer 22:19 : 19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

Similar Verses (AI)

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18Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.
19His prayer also, and how [God] was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
20So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
21Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
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.
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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?
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2 Kgs 20:21
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2 Kgs 21:17
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17Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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2 Chr 32:33
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