2 Kings 21:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֕שֶׂם אֶת־פֶּ֥סֶל הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה בַּבַּ֗יִת אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־דָּוִד֙ וְאֶל־שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בְנ֔וֹ בַּבַּ֨יִת הַזֶּ֜ה וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ מִכֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אָשִׂ֥ים אֶת־שְׁמִ֖י לְעוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

wa-yāsem 'et-pesel the-'ăshērāh 'ăsher 'āsāh in-the-bayit 'ăsher 'āmar YHWH to-Dāwid and-to-Shĕlōmōh bĕnô in-the-bayit the-zeh and-in-Yerûshālāim 'ăsher bāḥartî from-all-shibtêy Yisrā'ēl 'āsîm 'et-shĕmî to-'ôlām

Grammar Details

• *wa-yāsem*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he placed
• *'et*: direct object marker
• *pesel*: masculine singular construct - carved image of
• *'ăshērāh*: proper noun with definite article - the Asherah
• *'ăsher*: relative particle - which
• *'āsāh*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he made
• *bayit*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the house/temple
• *'āmar*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *Dāwid*: proper noun - David
• *Shĕlōmōh*: proper noun - Solomon
• *bĕnô*: noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his son
• *zeh*: demonstrative adjective - this
• *Yerûshālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *bāḥartî*: Qal perfect 1st person singular - I have chosen
• *shibtêy*: masculine plural construct - tribes of
• *Yisrā'ēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *'āsîm*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will put
• *shĕmî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - my name
• *'ôlām*: masculine singular noun - forever

Word Meanings

• *pesel*: carved image/idol/graven image
• *'ăshērāh*: Asherah/sacred pole/goddess image
• *bayit*: house/temple/dwelling
• *bāḥartî*: I have chosen/I have selected/I have elected
• *'āsîm*: I will put/I will place/I will establish
• *'ôlām*: forever/eternity/long duration

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 8:29 : 29 that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My name shall be there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place.
• 1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
• Jer 32:34 : 34 But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
• 2 Sam 7:13 : 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
• 2 Kgs 21:4 : 4 And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
• 2 Kgs 23:6 : 6 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast the dust thereof upon the graves of the common people.
• 2 Kgs 23:27 : 27 And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
• 2 Chr 7:12 : 12 And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
• 2 Chr 7:16 : 16 For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
• 2 Chr 7:20 : 20 then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
• 2 Chr 33:7 : 7 And he set the graven image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
• 2 Chr 33:15 : 15 And he took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
• Neh 1:9 : 9 but if ye return unto me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.
• Ps 74:2 : 2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; [And] mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
• Ps 78:68-69 : 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved. 69 And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.
• Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; For I have desired it.
• Deut 16:21 : 21 Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
• 1 Kgs 8:44 : 44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Jehovah toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name;
• 1 Kgs 9:7 : 7 then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.