1 Kings 22:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֡ה יֹשְׁבִים֩ אִ֨ישׁ עַל־כִּסְא֜וֹ מְלֻבָּשִׁ֤ים בְּגָדִים֙ בְּגֹ֔רֶן פֶּ֖תַח שַׁ֣עַר שֹׁמְר֑וֹן וְכָ֨ל־הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖ים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

û-meleḵ yiśrāʾēl wî-hôšāp̄āṭ meleḵ-yəhûḏâ yōšəḇîm ʾîš ʿal-kisʾô məlubbāšîm bəgāḏîm bə-gōren peṯaḥ šaʿar šōmrôn wə-ḵāl-ha-nəḇîʾîm miṯnabbəʾîm li-p̄nêhem

Grammar Details

• *û-meleḵ*: conjunction + masculine singular construct noun - and the king of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wî-hôšāp̄āṭ*: conjunction + proper noun - and Jehoshaphat
• *meleḵ*: masculine singular construct noun - king of
• *yəhûḏâ*: proper noun - Judah
• *yōšəḇîm*: qal participle masculine plural - sitting/were sitting
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - each man
• *ʿal*: preposition - upon
• *kisʾô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his throne
• *məlubbāšîm*: pual participle masculine plural - clothed/arrayed
• *bəgāḏîm*: masculine plural noun - in robes/garments
• *bə-gōren*: preposition + masculine singular noun - in a threshing floor
• *peṯaḥ*: masculine singular construct noun - entrance of
• *šaʿar*: masculine singular construct noun - gate of
• *šōmrôn*: proper noun - Samaria
• *wə-ḵāl*: conjunction + noun masculine singular construct - and all
• *ha-nəḇîʾîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the prophets
• *miṯnabbəʾîm*: hitpael participle masculine plural - prophesying
• *li-p̄nêhem*: preposition + masculine plural noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - before them

Word Meanings

• *bə-gōren*: on a threshing floor/in an open area/in a public place
• *miṯnabbəʾîm*: prophesying/acting as prophets

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 18:29 : 29 And from the middle of the day they went on with their prayers till the time of the offering; but there was no voice, or any answer, or any who gave attention to them.
• 1 Kgs 22:6 : 6 So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.
• 1 Kgs 22:30 : 30 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will make a change in my clothing, so that I do not seem to be the king, and will go into the fight; but do you put on your robes. So the king of Israel made a change in his dress and went into the fight.
• 2 Chr 18:9-9 : 9 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them. 10 And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself iron horns and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely. 11 And all the prophets said the same thing, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and it will go well for you, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.
• Esth 5:1 : 1 Now on the third day, Esther put on her queen's robes, and took her place in the inner room of the king's house, facing the king's house: and the king was seated on his high seat in the king's house, facing the doorway of the house.
• Esth 6:8-9 : 8 Let them take the robes which the king generally puts on, and the horse on which the king goes, and the crown which is on his head: 9 And let the robes and the horse be given to one of the king's most noble captains, so that they may put them on the man whom the king has delight in honouring, and let him go on horseback through the streets of the town, with men crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.
• Jer 27:14-16 : 14 And you are not to give ear to the prophets who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon: for what they say is not true. 15 For I have not sent them, says the Lord, but they are saying what is false in my name, so that I might send you out by force, causing destruction to come on you and on your prophets. 16 And I said to the priests and to all the people, This is what the Lord has said: Give no attention to the words of your prophets who say to you, See, in a very little time now the vessels of the Lord's house will come back again from Babylon: for what they say to you is false.
• Ezek 13:1-9 : 1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 Son of man, be a prophet against the prophets of Israel, and say to those prophets whose words are the invention of their hearts, Give ear to the word of the Lord; 3 This is what the Lord has said: A curse on the foolish prophets who go after the spirit which is in them and have seen nothing! 4 O Israel, your prophets have been like jackals in the waste places. 5 You have not gone up into the broken places or made up the wall for the children of Israel to take your place in the fight in the day of the Lord. 6 They have seen visions without substance and made use of secret arts, who say, The Lord has said; and the Lord has not sent them: hoping that the word would have effect. 7 Have you not seen a vision without substance and have you not falsely made use of secret arts, when you say, The Lord has said; though I have said nothing? 8 So this is what the Lord has said: Because your words are without substance and your visions are false, see, I am against you, says the Lord. 9 And my hand will be against the prophets who see visions without substance and who make false use of secret arts: they will not be in the secret of my people, and they will not be recorded in the list of the children of Israel, and they will not come into the land of Israel; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord.
• Matt 6:20 : 20 But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:
• Matt 11:8 : 8 But what went you out to see? a man delicately clothed? Those who have fair robes are in kings' houses.
• Acts 12:21 : 21 And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.
• Acts 25:23 : 23 So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.