2 Kings 22:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵן֩ הִנְנִ֨י אֹֽסִפְךָ֜ עַל־אֲבֹתֶ֗יךָ וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֣ אֶל־קִבְרֹתֶיךָ֮ בְּשָׁלוֹם֒ וְלֹא־תִרְאֶ֣ינָה עֵינֶ֔יךָ בְּכֹל֙ הָֽרָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥י מֵבִ֖יא עַל־הַמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וַיָּשִׁ֥יבוּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ דָּבָֽר׃

Transliteration

Lakhen hineni osifekha to-avoteykha wene'esafta to-qivroteykha in-shalom and-not-tir'eynah eynekha in-all the-ra'ah which-I mevi upon-the-maqom the-this wayyashivu et-the-melekh davar.

Grammar Details

*Lakhen*: adverb - therefore
*hineni*: interjection + 1st person singular suffix - behold me
*osifekha*: verb, Qal participle, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - gathering you
*avoteykha*: common noun, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your fathers
*wene'esafta*: verb, waw-consecutive perfect, Niphal, 2nd person masculine singular - and you will be gathered
*qivroteykha*: common noun, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your graves
*shalom*: common noun, masculine, singular - peace
*tir'eynah*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they will see
*eynekha*: common noun, feminine dual + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes
*ra'ah*: common noun, feminine, singular - evil/disaster
*mevi*: verb, Hiphil participle, masculine singular - bringing
*maqom*: common noun, masculine, singular - place
*wayyashivu*: verb, waw-consecutive imperfect, Hiphil, 3rd person masculine plural - and they brought back
*et*: direct object marker
*melekh*: common noun, masculine, singular - king
*davar*: common noun, masculine, singular - word/report

Word Meanings

*hineni osifekha el-avoteykha*: behold, I will gather you to your fathers [euphemism for death]
*wene'esafta el-qivroteykha be-shalom*: you will be gathered to your grave in peace [peaceful death]
*lo-tir'eynah eynekha*: your eyes will not see [you will not witness]
*wayyashivu et-ha-melekh davar*: they brought back word to the king/they reported to the king

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 17:11 : 11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
Ps 37:37 : 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is a [happy] end to the man of peace.
Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come]. 2 He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.
Jer 22:10 : 10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Jer 22:15-16 : 15 Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him. 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
2 Chr 34:28 : 28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof. And they brought back word to the king.
Gen 25:8 : 8 And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years], and was gathered to his people.
Deut 31:16 : 16 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
2 Kgs 23:29-30 : 29 In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and [Pharaoh-necoh] slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. 30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

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