2 Chronicles 18:9

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 יוֹשְׁבִים֩ אִ֨ישׁ עַל־כִּסְא֜וֹ מְלֻבָּשִׁ֤ים בְּגָדִים֙ וְיֹשְׁבִ֣ים בְּגֹ֔רֶן פֶּ֖תַח שַׁ֣עַר שֹׁמְר֑וֹן וְכָל־הַ֨נְּבִיאִ֔ים מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖ים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם

Transliteration

And-meleḵ Yiśrāʾēl and-Yəhôšāpāṭ meleḵ-Yəhûḏāh yôšəḇîm ʾîš on-his-kissēʾ məlubbāšîm bəgāḏîm and-yôšəḇîm in-gōren peṯaḥ šaʿar Šōmrôn and-all-the-nəḇîʾîm miṯnabbəʾîm before-them

Grammar Details

• *meleḵ*: masculine singular noun in construct - king of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *Yəhôšāpāṭ*: proper noun, masculine - Jehoshaphat
• *Yəhûḏāh*: proper noun - Judah
• *yôšəḇîm*: qal participle masculine plural - sitting
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man/each
• *kissēʾ*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his throne
• *məlubbāšîm*: pual participle masculine plural - clothed/dressed
• *bəgāḏîm*: masculine plural noun - garments/clothes
• *gōren*: masculine singular noun - threshing floor/open place
• *peṯaḥ*: masculine singular construct - entrance of
• *šaʿar*: masculine singular construct - gate of
• *Šōmrôn*: proper noun, feminine - Samaria
• *nəḇîʾîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the prophets
• *miṯnabbəʾîm*: hitpael participle masculine plural - prophesying

Word Meanings

• *yôšəḇîm*: sitting/dwelling/remaining
• *kissēʾ*: throne/seat
• *məlubbāšîm*: clothed/dressed/arrayed
• *bəgāḏîm*: garments/clothes/robes
• *gōren*: threshing floor/open place
• *peṯaḥ*: entrance/doorway/opening
• *miṯnabbəʾîm*: prophesying/predicting/proclaiming

Referenced Verses

• Ruth 4:1 : 1 And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated.
• 1 Kgs 22:10-12 : 10 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. 11 And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself horns of iron and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely. 12 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.
• 2 Chr 18:29 : 29 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 they went to the fight.
• Isa 14:9 : 9 The underworld is moved at your coming: the shades of the dead are awake before you, even the strong ones of the earth; all the kings of the world have got up from their seats.
• 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 26:16 : 16 Then all the rulers of the sea will come down from their high seats, and put away their robes and take off their clothing of needlework: they will put on the clothing of grief, they will take their seats on the earth, shaking with fear every minute and overcome with wonder at you.
• Dan 7:9 : 9 I went on looking till the seats of kings were placed, and one like a very old man took his seat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head was like clean wool; his seat was flames of fire and its wheels burning fire.
• Matt 6:29 : 29 But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
• Matt 11:8 : 8 But what went you out to see? a man delicately clothed? Those who have fair robes are in kings' houses.
• Matt 19:28 : 28 And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that in the time when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.