2 Kings 23:36

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ יְהוֹיָקִ֣ים בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ וְאַחַ֤ת עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ זְבוּדָּ֥ה בַת־פְּדָיָ֖ה מִן־רוּמָֽה׃

Transliteration

Son-of-ʿeśrîm and-ḥāmēš šānāh yĕhôyāqîm at-his-mālḵô, and-ʾaḥat ʿeśrēh šānāh he-mālaḵ in-yĕrûšālāim; and-šēm his-ʾimmô zĕbûddāh daughter-of-pĕdāyāh from-rûmāh.

Grammar Details

*ʿeśrîm*: cardinal number - twenty
*ḥāmēš*: cardinal number, feminine - five
*šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year
*yĕhôyāqîm*: proper noun - Jehoiakim
*mālḵô*: Qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his becoming king/his reigning
*ʾaḥat*: cardinal number, feminine - one
*ʿeśrēh*: cardinal number - ten
*mālaḵ*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he reigned
*yĕrûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*šēm*: noun, masculine singular construct - name of
*ʾimmô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his mother
*zĕbûddāh*: proper noun - Zebudah
*pĕdāyāh*: proper noun - Pedaiah
*rûmāh*: proper noun - Rumah

Word Meanings

*mālḵô*: his becoming king/his reigning/when he became king
*mālaḵ*: reigned/ruled/was king

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 36:5 : 5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God.
Jer 1:3 : 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
Jer 26:1 : 1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word from Jehovah, saying,
1 Chr 3:15 : 15 And the sons of Josiah: the first-born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

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2 Kgs 24:17-19
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17And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, [Jehoiachin's] father's brother, king is his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
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Jer 52:1-2
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1Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
2 Chr 36:4-6
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4And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
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2 Kgs 23:31-32
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31Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
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2 Kgs 23:37
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2 Kgs 22:1
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2 Chr 36:8-12
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8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
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2 Kgs 14:2
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2 Kgs 15:33
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2 Chr 25:1
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2 Chr 36:1-2
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2 Kgs 24:5-6
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2 Chr 20:31
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1 Kgs 22:42
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